Won't never rot, that leg. Haven't primed the conversational pump, they would quickly move on to the real meat of the discussion. Well, perhaps next time we will have some actual news. Until then, we hope you have really good weather wherever you are. This will be a very brief pit stop en route to Madeira.
Wind is gentle, northeast, barometer preposterously high.
We are on the eastern edge of a large high, and should pick up the northeast trade winds between Santa Maria and Madeira. All systems and crew doing fine. Spinnaker halyard chafed through and parted during the night, with all hands on deck in a hurry to fish the spinnaker out of the water. I guess that problem isn't solved yet. Will have another go at it when we are at anchor.