Guest post from the Atlantic, Mikael Lindell

5/12 17°04´37″N 52°38´70″W

To stand and steer a starry night, in 11 m/s, in just shorts and T-shirt is not exactly spoiled from our northern latitudes. But at a position of 17 degrees N and 50 degrees W it is perfectly possible, even in the beginning of December since the water temperature is about 28 and about the same in the air. The only thing missing is Bob Marley's Could you be loved in the stereo, but that doesn't work when eight people are asleep.

Now there are less than two Gotland Runt left and we are approaching land with good speed and a decent angle. We are working hard to be the first to finish in the class. Right now we are second in the water, 24 miles behind the first boat (at Friday lunch), having taken in about 100 in three days. It can be a fight to the finish line, and we will win it.

It's nice to have that goal within reach, with such stable conditions it can otherwise easily become a bit samey. We also enjoy the small events - a flying fish on deck (or in the chest of Herlog), a lonely bird in the middle of the Atlantic, an extra large wave, a single sail or a lantern on the horizon - little things amuse many. Incredible how much water there is, even if we only see our little spot which is about 5 miles in all directions .....

Mikael Lindell

(photo by: Mathias Edberg)