HAPPY CANADA DAY!! The wind slowed and the seas came down overnight so that by morning we were back to more normal sailing conditions. Mike and I moved the genoa over to the other side of the boat and we were able to sail downwind on one tack all day. It was pleasant sailing except that the sky stayed overcast most of the day. Tonght we found that the weather will change again and our winds are now from the south at 25 knots. We are guessing at the actual wind speed now because the anemometer which normally supplies our wind speed has died. We still have direction but don't know the velocity. We changed sail plan while we could still see and are now on reefed main and genoa and making 8 knots. I fully expected our day 16 run would be our best so far but was surprised to find that we'd only gone 159,3 n miles. Normally that's good for us but we were seeing some really high boat speeds for the day so I expected more. Anyway we are happy to be that much closer to home. We're now down to less than 500 n miles to the strait. Take care everyone. We're thinking of you!