We’ve done 118 miles since departure, heading more or less toward Cabo Verde.

It has been an uneventful first night out, with light conditions. We are going a bit slowly, averaging about 5 knots with 8 to 12 knots dead square. It is a little rolly. The wind and current pushed us about 25 miles west of the direct course to Cabo Verde, but we are now managing to the lay the course. We also seem to have a north setting current of about half a knot against us still.

Around 7AM, just as it was getting light a pod of dolphins came to have look and a little play before heading off. In my bunk at the bow last night I could also occasionally hear the high pitched squeals as they played in the bow wave