Faraway - Faraway log 78, N 19.53.51 W 28.47.47, 27 November 2016

As anticipated we are now in an area with less wind, crossing from the north towards the south, where we hope to pick up the trade winds. We could still sail most of yesterday. We have been using the engine since midnight though. Sea state is very calm and this morning we have stopped the boat for an extensive breakfast, swimming and some maintenance jobs. The swimming was fantastic and some of us are still sunbathing now. We are enjoying the weather and care less about boat speed at the moment.
Yesterday we celebrated Els her birthday. She was off-watch the entire day, the boat was nicely decorated, she received coffee in bed and many gifts. The sunset yesterday evening was gorgeous and we played Pink Floyd and Roger Waters loudly whilst watching it and drinking GTs. Life sucks....
Day before yesterday was the first time we had dolphins around the boat on this part of our trip. They played with Faraway for about 15 minutes just after sunrise. The morning was lovely but we had heavy rains for the rest of the day. The boat inside turned into a swamp and smelled as if we were keeping 5 wet dogs. With today's and yesterday's conditions we got rid of that, fortunately, and we all smell nice again. We expect to be in this area with little to no wind for the coming 2 days, after which we hope to have wind again.
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