Ngahue IV - Ngahue IV - in search of decent wind

Much of yesterday and today has been dominated by the ups and downs of the favourable winds that we would normally expect to pick up south of the Canary Islands and which would have propelled us across the Atlantic. Alas, our wind-instrument has failed to find any suitable wind, and after much deliberations just now, and seeing some other boats in our vicinity (their number has been dwindling rapidly as we have been sailing slowly in the rearguard of this year's ARC) moving off much more rapidly that us, we've put on the engine to bring us to that golden waypoint (20N/30W) where all our troubles should be eased... and hopefully before.
The weather today has been fine, and we've been getting rid of the white colour that's so typical of Brussels-based office people... We saw some squalls on the horizon - nothing to worry about. More worrying was a black flag on a pole in the middle of the ocean! We hope not to pick up something now that we've been reduced to motoring!!
We're hoping one of our Met Grib models proves to be correct and that we'll hit some usable wind again soonest. Meanwhile best wishes from Laura & Marco on Ngahue IV.