Ida - Log day 5 - Flying fish, dolphins and managing power supply

The night between Tuesday and Wednesday we reached 430 nm from departure and were halfway to Mindelo. We took down the parasailor for a couple of hours because of increasing wind. Later, the wind stabilized and the parasailor went up again.
Wednesday we had a lot of sunshine and got some power from the Solar panels. But we are still keeping an eye on power supply for navigation instruments and fridge/freezer. We still need to run the generator for some hours every day to keep up with the power demand.
The spirit among the crew is good. Skipper is struggling with some headache. Other than that we are doing great. We just had pancakes with fruit for breakfast.
We've been seeing Flying fish for the last couple of days. Last night we saw a group of dolphins right next to our boat.
Right now we have 162 nm left til we hit the finish line in Mindelo. With our current speed we expect to be there during the day tomorrow.


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