the night went by like a beauty, lit up by a half smiling, half waxing moon, the sea a lake despite quite big swells (2-3 m?), no wind, therefore some more engine. jean pierre and i took watches of three hours each through the night, worked fine, neither feeling particularly tired this morning. some wind came up, so after breakfast we outfurled the especially acquired big, overlapping "gégéne", as the french call the genoa, stuck out the spi rod to keep it from flagging, and this increased our speed to a steady 6 knots, with no additional discomfort (the main sail remained in its
lazybag). looks like it will do wonders in the trade winds!
all the best from harald and jean pierre