N 5.2 E Wind stays with us for 12 hours, only good passage of the journey so far. Super tanker passes us later that day. Wind dies, back to motoring at 5 knts. We have no choice but to head for Sardinia for fuel. Gus makes spaghetti for dinner, I eat the first real meal since Gibraltar.
Night is sea air damp but warm, levis and tee shirt.
Days are hot, the whole boat is covered with a very fine dust, sand from the Sahara for we are only 45 miles from the Algerian coast. We are able to sail for 12 hours. This will enable us to make Cagliari without needing the spare fuel we carry on deck Gus makes chicken soup for dinner, wind dies at 1800. We motor with just enough wind to fill the boat with diesel fumes all night. A lot of traffic on night watch, ferries, tankers and trawlers.