As the sun goes down, the wind strengthens

Seems to be a cycle as the sun heats the African land mass east of here it reinforces the monsoon in the late afternoon. Sort of a huge sea breeze 500 miles offshore. Saw gusts of 30 knots around sunset but it has stabilised at around 20 knots now. Sea is a bit bigger than earlier but not huge. Feeling quite chipper after sleeping 3 h this afternoon.

Position 13° 24.028′ N 60° 39.801′ E
COG 278T
SOG 7.2kt

Lat 13.400467: Lon 60.663350

Birds, fish and full moon

The moon must be about 90 percent full tonight. With a brilliantly clear sky it makes for bright conditions. We’ve seen Albatros/Shearwater family birds all day. Almost without fail they come to check out Sunny Spells with a couple of circuits and then head off. We also had four flying fish on deck this morning. We found them over the course of a couple of h and threw them overboard as we found them. Won’t be so wasteful tomorrow morning – they might make a good lunch!

Position 13° 22.946′ N 60° 47.320′ E
COG 278T
SOG 7.3kt

Lat 13.382433: Lon 60.788667