One of the last updates... hopefully

48 04 N
07 59 W

130 NM to go ... we are very close :) arrival estimated: Thursday early morning ...can't wait for my café au lait with croissants au beurre, nom de diou...

Still no land yet but more activity on the water, mainly fishing boats.

Weather is cloudy but nice, not cold and we have a little wind pushing us West.

Yesterday, we celebrated 4th of July, by drinking 1 beer each and having some Belgium Chocolate... such a luxury cruise here.

Allez les bleus...

486 Nautical Miles to go...

Sunday July 2
46°57 N
16°35 W

486 Nautical Miles to go but we have a strong East wind in the nose and East, it is where we want to go :( We hope that the wind will changed direction soon. Weather is good now but yesterday we had a lot of rain and it is not fun to be outside at the wheel for 3 hours completly wet...

another update from the middle of nowhere :) (Fred)

48° 02 N
20° 33 W

Saturday July 1

Making some progress here...633 nautical miles to go. So a few nights ago during my watch, it was dark and I was probably sleeping at the wheel (don't tell the other guys). Suddendly, I am hit by something in the face, something wet and like jelly...like a snowball...in the middle of the ocean. I switch on my flash light and
there is that flying fish shacking on the deck... Really wierd animal...a fish with wings like a bird. And the poor guy managed to hit my face in that big ocean...I put it back to the water...hope he is fine :)

Please fedex us a CHEASE BURGER :)

47°41 N
27°10 W
Thursday June 29

We are still moving East, fast, 899 nautical miles to go... we do 100/150 a day ... you do the math :) We are doing the North Atlantic Diet, better tan the South Beach, recommanded for overweight sailors and smart models... you can try it at home it's easy. Just don't by any food and eat what you have for the next 2 weeks. 1 meal a day for lunch with rice or pasta, spam or corned beef... left over for dinner if there is any... :)

By the way this is day 20 of the trip. 20 days without seing any land, a few boats and even less planes... here is our daily routine:

1500/1730 Jason
1730/2000 Fred
2000/2300 Jean Marc
2300/0200 Jason
0200/0500 Fred
0500/0730 Jean Marc
0730/1000 Jason
1000/1230 Fred
1230/1500 Jean Marc

Next time, i will tell you what happened during one of my night watch...

I F&"a"'G WANT A CHEESE BURGER :)

(Fred)
46°39 N
33°30 W
Tuesday June 27

We are still going east. Last 2 days were nice and sunny. Today we have rain, strong wind and rought sea. We should have nice wind for the next 3 days. Since we didn't stop at the portuguese deli, we need to be carefull with the food but what we have is okay for the rest of the trip. A few days ago, we saw a big red buoy drifting...we decided that this buoy shows the middle of the Atlantic :) Always a lot of dolphins with us and sometimes walles ... we didn't fish anything yet except a bird that got caught in the wire.

Nous allons toujours vers l'est. Les 2 derniers jours étaient ensoleilés et sympas. Aujourd'hui, nous avons un peu plus mauvais temps mais le vent devrait etre avec nous pour les 3 prochains jours. Comme on s'est pas arreté à l'épicerie portuguaise, va falloir faire avec ce que l'on a question bouf, mais on a assez jusqu'à l'arrivée. Il y a quelques jours, on a vu une grosse bouée rouge qui dérivait...on a décidé qu'elle indiquait le milieu de l'Atlantique :) Toujours beaucoup de dauphins avec nous et des baleines parfois ... toujours rien peché, à l'exception d'un oiseau qui s'est pris dans le fil.

last strech...

46°29 N
37°01 W
Monday June 26

Hello
We stopped our course toward Island and finally turned East :) We found the favorable wind we were looking for 3 days now. We are going an average of 8 knots and this should stay the same for the next couple of days. Main sail and spinaker are up.

Bonjour
Nous avons arrété notre route vers l'Islande et avons tourné à l'est finallement. Nous avons trouvé les vents favorables que nous cherchions depuis 3 jours. On fait une moyenne de 8 noeuds et cela devrait rester comme ça pour les prochains jours. La grand voile et le spinaker sont envoyés.

We are going directly to Brest...

Saturday June 23
43°18 N 41°50 W

We are going directly to Brest. Azores anticyclone is not letting us to go to the Azores because the wind is against us. Going North and trying to get West winds. Should be in Brittany around July 12. Everything is okay.

Nous allons directement à Brest. L'anticyclone des Açores nous empèche d'aller aux Açores car on a le vent dans le nez. On va au Nord pour avoir des vent d'Ouest favorable. On devrait arriver en Bretagne autour du 12 juillet. Tout va bien a bord.

blessings and wishes for a safe journey

Just wanted the "on-board" crew to know that I am with you in Spirit.
I regret not getting the chance to test my seaworthiness with such a great group of guys. Perhaps another adventure will come our way. I do believe the next logo will be even better. Until then I still have the polo shirt.

I wish you the safest of journeys to port in Brest.

To Jean marc I wish a joyous family reunion and baptismal reception.