Back to a not so technical blog after Skipper Sam's
sailors entry yesterday. Some of the best night sailing last night with a
bright moon and surfing with the waves, reaching 12 knots of speed. It got
a little rougher early in the morning so it was difficult to get much kip. On
both Haig and Sam's shift they managed 25 miles in 3 hours (not that they got
competitive about it at all!) and news today that we did our best mileage to
date reaching 189 miles in 24 hours, which under keel is about 200 if not a
little more.
The morning brought some cloud and the biggest squall we
have had in terms of wind - it gusted 44 knots! But Skipper Sam did a cracking
job to keep the boat under control with the one reefing line we had in the main.
For the rest of today we have experienced wind averaging 25 knots and we are
making good progress in the sun. It is possibly our second last meal tonight and
Victoria and I are in charge giving Yoyo a chance to be on evening watch - I'm
not sure it will be as gourmet as we have been having in the
past!