Dec 6

Our position at 1200 UTC was 23 30.2N, 020 49.8W; course 248 magnetic. We are343 miles out of Las Palmas with 2414 to go on this route. Made 167 miles inlast 24 hours for 6.96 knot average. Seas sill relatively smooth with a long NW swell of about 6 feet. Winds about10 knots NE. Tried our new wing-on-wing sails today. Looks like they will work great. The sails move us along at 2.7 knots with only 10 knots of wind and dragging bothparavanes. Need at least 15 knots of wind for a proper test. We are watching the tropical storm closely. Hope it does not turn our way.

Teka III crew