Our arrival Horta at 1130 after literally going in circles for an hour to test the magnetic compasses feels like a homecoming.  We anchor in the same spot in the harbor and negotiate dock space to work on engine maintenance and repairs. 

After touring the northwest part of Sao Miguel in the morning, we leave Ponta Delgada harbor at 1445 to return to Horta.  We have discovered that the hydraulic windlass which controls raising the 5/8 inch anchor chain is leaking a unusual amount of hydraulic fluid.  Chris determines that this repair and others will best be completed in Horta.  In addition we email our mail forwarding service to ship the contents of our mailbox to us at Horta.  Our pasta aficionado, Emily Davis, prepares a SHIBUMI version of lasagna with ground deer meat.  We assume a two hours on/four hours off watch schedule through an uneventful night sail during which the wind, pointed directly on the nose, dissipates to nothing.