First climbing at sea

Saturday 9th September 201739 22,9N 052 38,6WST 06:32 SOG 6,5 COG 120After steaming for 24 hours on a Southern course, the early morning ofthe 7th we set full sail, switched of the engines, and changed ourheading to the East. During almost 48 hours we sailed close hauled oncourses varying from 90 to 120 degrees. Starting with a smooth 4Beaufort, the wind increased up to a 6 to 7 later. The courses,topgallants, royals and gaff topsail were taken away. With the ship inmotion this was a nice balance training. The waves picked up, but noweverybody was so used to the motion that nobody got seasick anymore.With the speed sometimes exceeding 8 knots we made good progress.Yesterday afternoon the wind started to decrease as did the ships speed.The voyage crew went aloft to do their first unfurling at sea. This wasquite exciting and all smiling faces came down after the job done. Withalmost all sails up again we could maintain the speed and course for awhile longer. With the sun shining bright the outside temperature rosealready to 28 degrees Celsius. After dinner the wind died out andshifted to the SE / SSE. The speed dropped and the course over groundchanged to 70 degrees. Since we have a whole lot more miles to go westarted the engines, took the sails away and now we're on a SE'ly coursein search for the predicted easterly winds.This morning we did not only get greeted by the rising sun, also acouple of dolphins accompanied us for a while. It's promising to beanother beautiful day at the Atlantic.Janke