Hi Geoff, good morning
no worries. i was only concerned about you guys don’t receiving my forecasts at all. So i am happy that you get them allright and you are moving again today. Hope all turns out well with Steve. I know by experience that a shoulder is a quite fragile piece of the body(the english word escapes me!)
anyway it looks like the 16th was a rather weak day, from the wind perspective i mean. But it should have picked up during the afternoon and wil remain pretty strong during the night. This in case you would check the mail tonight.
the next few days still a good breeze from a good direction, but keep as close to the coast as possible, there the wind is enhanced by the sea breeze and during the afternoon/evening it is quite strong. Once south of 21° it becomes difficult. Larger depressions form, quite significantly altering the wind. However i would still recommend to stay clos to the coast line, as the wind grows weak, it probably picks up locally due to the differential heating between land and sea.
For the rest of the forecast see below. All the best and take care.

Day1: 17 August-ESTimatedPosition: N23W16
Wind: 010-030°10-15kt (average wind) after 12utc turning to 350-010° and gradually increasing to 18-23kt, gusty.
Temperatures: night min: 22/24°C - Day max: 32-34°C (these are screen temperatures, out there in the sun temperatures can easily exceed those values with 10 or 15 degrees during the day!)
Weather: very hot, sunny, tempo broken cloud

Day2: 18 August-ESTPosition: N22W16.5
Wind: 010-030°18-23kt (average wind), gradually decreasing to 8-13kt, after 12/15utc increasing again to become 310-330°14-18kt
Temperatures: night min: 24-26°C - Day max: 35-38°C
Weather: sunny, tempo scattered cloud, very hot.
 
Day3: 19 August-ESTPosition: N22W16.5
Wind: 330-350°4-8kt (average wind), after 9/12utc becoming weak to calm from variable directions, later again a litte increasing. Probably during the weak spell some sea breeze may develop. 
Temperatures: night min: 26-28°C - Day max: 38-40°C
Weather: towering cloud, signs of instability! 

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