The wind died again in the early afternoon. Another three hours of having to endure the rumbling of the engine to be followed by three of the most idyllic hours of sailing on a sunny and gentle ocean. In the night the wind grew stronger and in the morning we reefed down twice. We have been sailing since just after dawn at better than 6 and half knots, reaching with light yankee and double reefed main. This wind is welcome. We need it in order to get up to latitude 45 while the window through the high remains open.
At UTC 2200, July 22, 2012, we are at 39 32.479 N, 157 59.422 W. Our day's run was 117 miles.
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