Well, as promised, our wind returned. Initially ~15 from S, building to 20-25 SW. Seas, of course, built as well but only from 2' to eventually 5', not bad at all. We were able to sail with main alone at 7-8 kts. Dave really wanted to go over the drop off of Hudson canyon so we angled in toward shore for a while and then gybed and headed across the canyon. At that angle we were able to run out gennie as well as our speed increased to 8-9 with frequent 10s. We were cooking. As evening approached, we were seeing an occasional 20 kts apparent (which meant nearly 30 real) and so Dave decided we should drop the main and sail with just gennie which we were going to do for the night anyways. That dropped us back to 6-7 kts but also made the ride much more comfortable for sleeping overnight. We are able to pick up NOAA weather broadcasts now and through the early evening there were multiple broadcasts about severe weather with thunderstorms packing 1" hail and winds in excess of 40 mph. Initially this was for the Chesapeake (glad we decided not to stop there!) and then up along Long Island. Fortunately, we have been traveling 75-100 nm off shore and none of the storms made it that far out to sea. We saw some spectacular light shows in the distance, but nothing that even came close to threatening us. Another benefit of traveling this far off shore is that all of shipping traffic is closer to shore. At one point, the AIS showed 21 ships between us and the coast, but none within sight (8-10 nm). It is clear we are not in the tropics any more and that we have left the Gulf Stream. The water temp is down to 72* There was too much wind to stop and swim yesterday anyway, but it certainly would not have been as pleasant as before. I need to wear my jacket at night, not for rain, but because it is COLD! I had forgotten how cold it could get at night on the ocean this far North and did not really come prepared. (Of course, I don't own a sweatshirt or even chamois shirt in Panama so I couldn't have packed one if I had thought of it!) Glad I have the waterproof Columbia wind breaker Deb bought me. We have, however, seen more wildlife. Yesterday morning a small pod of dolphin came and swam off our bows briefly. These were big 6-8' Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, not the small ones we have in the Caribbean. It was nice to see them. We also had more fish activity. For nearly 15 minutes we watched a bill fish of some type (?sword, marlin? probably not sail) chase one of Dave's lures. He hit it several times, but never got hooked. Not long after that, he hooked a nice yellow fin tuna on the other lure. This one was probably 5-10 # and made a great dinner for the 5 of us with just a bit left over. I did it seared, half with coffee and half with the Pusser's Creole spice mix Dave got in BVI. Leftover beans & rice and a veggie stir fry rounded out a very fine meal. We should make Block Island today to spend a night at anchor and refill on diesel and water. How long we stay depends on the weather, but from there it is only two more days to NH.