I'm starting to understand why Bernard Moitessier made the turn and headed towards the Pacific. He was wondering what he would arrive back to if he kept going on to the UK. It's so vast out here and so far away from everything. I have a 360 degree view of the universe. I'm completely self sufficient on this boat, and it could take me anywhere, but there are my two wonderful girls, Jennifer and Zoe in University that I miss terribly, my illustrious mum in Ottawa and my amazing partner in life, Stephanie, to name four good reasons to go on.

I'm wondering what I will do with myself after being focused on this boat for so long. Winter is coming. So much has changed, especially me. I feel a little lost actually. What started out as a one line note on my calendar as 'Sail boat to UK' has turned out to have been a much bigger adventure.

I think it was July when I left Cape Town and it's looking like I'll arrive in Falmouth this coming Sunday or Monday (but wait till I get closer to be sure).

At 8 tonight I'll gybe around the tip of Spain and head across the notorious Bay of Biscay. The sky has cleared momentarily for a truce. The sun is setting and the most spectacular rainbow has just appeared, reaching high into the clouds as if to say of nature: 'I have other feats I can perform'.

All the best, Jonathan