Log Entry: June 27
        
         Still no fish!! Yes Shawn we tried 6:00am (even 5:00am).  Yes, Kenny, we tried
        the teasers! Yes, Bob, we checked the connectors!  Any more ideas?
         Today is another bright blue, clear day.  As dawn broke you could see clouds
        on the horizon. As the sun oozed from under the sea, it started a lava flow in fiery
        glory from all of the clouds  surrounding it.  Sunrise is a special time on the water!
         For any of you that may be charting our progress, you may be wondering why
        we are still going East when Cape St. Vincent is Southeast and Lagos is East of the
        Cape. There is a mountain range between here and there. It starts on the ocean floor
        and rises to within 30ft or so of the surface. These mountains rival the Rockies and
        some have names like Gettysburg, Ormonde, Hipondelle, Josephine Seamounts or
        the Gorringe Ridge. With the mountains several thousand feet high and almost
        breaking the surface the area is noted for very rough and confused seas with strong
        and varying currents. This is much like the winds on the tops of mountains
        (unpredictable and dangerous). It is not a place we want to get near. We have now
        made our turn to the Southeast and will give the mountain range plenty of room.
         We sailed for over 12 hrs yesterday. About 1:30am we started the motor again
        as the winds were light and from our stern. We could always tack downwind or
        wait for more favorable conditions but that would leave us exposed in the North
        Atlantic longer and we want to be first into Lagos! So, for us the right solution is
        to run the engine. We expect to arrive in Lagos on Friday.  YES!!!! The weather
        forecast is for SW winds of about 15kts later today and N or NW 10 to 15
        tomorrow. There is a possibility of 25kts with gusts from the North on Friday. We
        hope to be around Cape St. Vincent ahead of the wind increase.
         Running the engine can also cause problems. We spent a few hours in oil and
        dirt yesterday when our good old Westerbeke just stopped. With a diesel engine the
        cause is almost always a fuel problem. It seems my aft fuel tank has a bunch of goo
        and water at the bottom that got sucked into my pre-filter. With the filter replaced
        and the bowl cleaned, it still wouldn't start. I had to refill the fuel line and bleed
        fuel to the injectors to get all the air out of the system. Not fun, but there was no
        danger around Boundless and we are still a day or so ahead of the pack, so we did
        have time to get it fixed. I will clean the fuel tank when we get to Lagos. If we
        couldn't get it running again, we might have had to think about sailing all the way
        to Lagos....ooohhh noooo!
         Last night we saw the first ships since we left the Azores. All three were on
        Faith's watch. With just the three of us, she does one night watch day so that Kenny
        and I can each get six straight hours of sleep. These three ships were sighted just
        after the crescent moon dipped into the ocean.
         Now we are getting near the prime shipping lanes into the Mediterranean. We
        should see many more ships tonight and tomorrow and we will need to be very
        careful. These ships take miles to slow or turn. There is no way for them to avoid
        a small sailing vessel like ours if we put it into harm s way. We will all be very
        alert until we get around Cape St. Vincent. We will need to be very cautious as we
        continue our journey through Gibraltar and into the Mediterranean. The traffic here
        should be much more significant then NYC!
                 We'll let you know.