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After 15 days I had my last vegetables, a nice, colourful salad. For the next two weeks I will eat pasta, canned food, trekking food and Müsli in the morning.

The contrast between nicht and day is striking. The weather is very constant during the day. At night on the other hand, things change all the time: Gusts up to 25 kn, no wind with 5 kn, blinking stars and thick clouds, nice gliding down the gentle waves and then rolling and pitching like crazy in chaotic waves from all directions. The blue line on the photo illustrates the changes of my course due to shifting winds at night.

I did not get enough sleep last night. Sqalls with changes in my heading up to 90° kept me busy.

Last night started pitch black. The clouds thinned out later and I had some magical sailing on the highway to the moon.

I am following the sun on his (no gendering here?) summer trip to the northern latitudes. It looks like the zenith angle is a bit higher every day as I am progressing northwards.

Nice passat sailing, listening to Bach Johannes-Passion, Rilling 1985.

I am having a relaxed time in the Southern Atlantic.

The sharks just can’t keep their jaws off my turbine. The bearings are so noisy by now so I stopped using the hydrogenerator.

My spirits are rising, the three days with winds between 20 and 30 kn are over. The photo has been taken on rhe day before it started blowing.

The pink symbol at the left end of the pink marking line is Easy on day 7 of my South Atlantic Crossing. The ocean is full with ships. My perspective is totally different. I have not seen a ship since 4 days, not even on AIS 40 nm around me. I am all alone in the middle of nowhere. To get used to this unique sensation of loneliness is one of the crucial challenges of solo ocean sailing. (Graphic by marinetraffic.com)