Next stop: Cape Verdes!

We sail out of San Sebastian harbour to the blowing of boat horns! German boat, "Maconi" gives us a good send off, and we answer. Now leaving the Canaries and the last bit of "Europe" behind, we face the Atlantic. It´ll be about a six day sail to the Cape Verde Islands first. Another cluster of volcanic tops in the ocean, this time with a definite African flavour.

Our first winds, as always, northeasterlies, give us a good start. the "convergense zone" is known for it´s gale-strength winds, but not today. Later on the wind more or less dies out and we motor-sail for five hours. A soft start.

Ørnulf does dinner: fried fish. With onions, mushrooms and carrots and potatos. The works!
Not much wind and a bit of rolling at first. But the sea flattens during the night. We're soon alone in our circular horizon. The three boats which left just before us, and the five others going our way the first few hours have shrunk and dipped under the edge of our little world.