May 19 - Easy Sailing

Noon position 40 07N 25 52W. Made good only 90 miles in previous 24 hours as I tacked to and fro against the shifting winds that couldn't make their mind up whether to be N or NE or to be too light for sailing. A lot of those miles were under motor heading north in anticipation of Coryn's forecast of North winds today. They came in at 05:00 and since then the heading made good has been 70 to 85 degrees at times the the number 2 genoa and two reefs in the main. Now, 16:00 the wind has lightened giving a lovely easy sail, 5.5 - 6 knots, close-hauled #1 genoa and one reef. Albert loving it. Warm, sunny skies. All is well with this part of the world. Very little shipping and no birds since leaving the Azores. At noon, 1,053 miles to Falmouth on a course of 58 degrees. I'm now on the eastern side of the High and the forecast is for the High to stay stable tomorrow but then move north, which will put me in the NE winds on its SE corner. If so, I'll go onto the other tack and head north.