pos. 05 57N, 046 17W

after the first night with these huge squalls, I got a bit fearful, and I’m saving the sails a bit.
The wind has got stronger, it’s at least 25 knots. Tanasza is climbing the waves with effort, then sliding down on her side, and if she happens to get one more from the stern, the deck gets flooded... then she brakes a little at the bottom of the wave, because there is no wind down there... and then it speeds up again, climbing the waves... it feels like some rodeo.
I must admit I’m a bit tired.
I had a short circuit in my gps alarm, and now I’m not sure if there are really no ships r I just can’t see them in ais. I thought I saw one on the display at night, but either it was a dream, or I was so tired that I ignored it... I would like to see something, just to check if everything works all right.
One solar panel doesn’t work, so I have to use the engine to charge the battery.  Sometimes I can hear Polish sailor, as they’re chatting on the radio... lots of dirty words...