We got the sails set again at 0430 in a light westerly force 1 and were at least moving albeit at 1 to 2 kts. By the morning schedule we were 8th in class and 46th overall. Someone else had found the wind we were looking for during the night. We sailed on till early afternoon and a message came from Race Control to say that because of the conditions they may shorten the race by a day to allow all the ships to get to Aalborg in time for the 4 days there. We had commitments in Aalborg and with 300 miles still to go to the finish line, we very reluctantly made a decision to retire from the race. If we had sailed on the end of the race time we would have missed the first of two important receptions we were to hold for Danish companies onboard Swan in Aalborg partly to promote Shetland produce and to promote Shetland music. Shetland Smokehouse and Valhala Brewery were two Shetland sponsors for these events. Shetland Arts Trust are sponsoring the music for the entire Tall Ships event. From here we would motor up to Thyboron, at the west end of the Limfjord, throught the Limfjord and on to Aalborg. We should get there on the evening before the events start in Aalborg. We got the handline and caught a big bucket load of mackerel during the day and had an onboard BBQ at night to compensate.