“For the moment to save fuel, everything is turned off except the autopilot. I turn on the computer three times a day to see the rankings without looking at the night rankings, as the wind turbine is working, but not producing enough electricity. It is not as much of a problem as on the way down, as I don’t need to keep an eye on others. I think I will have enough fuel to finish, but I’d like to have some left for the Bay of Biscay so I can use my ballast tanks. At night, I leave my navigation lights on and the AIS tracker doesn’t use much. Yesterday, a cargo ship about 9 miles away, spotted me on the AIS. So I’ve stopped watching films and now I just use the iPod when the sun is out. I’m making savings too by not fetching all the weather charts. That doesn’t really matter now, as there’s not much of a race here and all I can do is try to head north. It’s a bit frustrating to have all this equipment on board and not be able to use it.”
Arnaud Boissières (Akéna Vérandas) in his daily message.