Just one more day

Our tenth and last whole day on this last Atlantic stretch. No more oceans, just seas: the Irish Sea and the North Sea still to cross.
"Herb, the weatherman" tells us there’ a window Friday morning when we can squeak into Kinsale before stronger winds start blowing again. So we assist weak winds today with motor power. Charging along at five knots. That’s the "No wake" speed you’re not supposed to exceed in narrow channels.
The last night watch. It’s a moonless sky, low clouds on a flat sea. Black. the only light is “Sedna”s white top and red port lanterns. But just before Ørnulf goes off watch, at 22:40, he sees a reflected light flashing in the clouds by Fastnet Rock. On Shannon’s watch the shine becomes a powerful light-beam, our first look at Europe since we sailed out into the Atlantic just about a year ago.