We spent last night at Cala d’Or; had a small cove all to ourselves again. Lovely. Lots of Germans sailing here; I think one of their clubs brought a ‘convoy’ over. Got up & started motoring early today; once we got off the point of Mallorca we put up the sails as we had some breeze. Had a nice afternoon of leisurely sailing, but by 5:30 pm the wind had died. So we fired up the engine & are now motoring through a totally calm sea towards Formentera. It looks like a lake out here; that’s how calm the seas are. It’s staying lighter longer as we head west and south, so at 7:40 pm we can still see the horizon. We’re motoring slowly to time our arrival after daylight. There’s only one ‘good’ pass between Ibiza & Formentera at night; we figure we’ll just mosey along & reach it in the morning.

I’m getting tuna’d out, but Shadow thinks life is grand. We had grilled tuna for dinner, then Robert grilled more this morning so I could make fresh tuna salad for lunch. Then I made a tuna casserole for dinner. You get the idea … Hey, it’s fresh tuna, something you folks back home pay mucho dinero for. And here it practically jumped onto our boat, twice! We froze some so we’ll have a couple meals later in case our luck runs out. Robert’s not fishing for a couple days ;)

Right now we’re in schedule to get to the Canaries by Halloween. This, as always, depends on Mother Nature and what the wind & seas bring us. I read a book today on the Cape Verdes, and a couple days there before our ‘mates’ arrive should be adequate, so plan is to reach Praia on 25 November. Mike arrives the 26th, Rod the 27th, & we’ll head out the 28th unless weather prohibits it.