Still only little or no wind… Today I ran a lot to wrestle with the sails, put the pole on the Genoa rolling it in and out, hoist the halfwinder try the spinaker… I also had to reef the mainsail otherwise it would be flapping too much (which is bad for the sail), then I undid the reef again, starting the engine and turning it off again… All that, and I did not even averaged a speed of 2,5 knots… This morning the day looked promising with enough wind to reach a speed of 3,5 knots! Now the swell has increased and I need more wind to prevent the sails from flapping. It is annoying that the wind lacks just a few knots so I could go by sail only, the wonderfully quiet peace of sailing undisturbed by the hum of the engine… Well, I have no other choice but to accept it. When not busy with the sails I played a little guitar and did some reading. But there is consolation in all of this and that is that there will be wind again sometime… According to the weather forecast this should be in a little more than 24 hours…

Laura