Yesterday afternoon was once again hot and humid which led into another eventful nights sailing. Things started off reasonably calm but by the change of watch at midnight things started to hot up. Delta watch spent the next few hours dodging squalls as best they could but in the end were surrounded and so had no alternative but to ride on through them. With heavily reefed sails we ploughed on through and thankfully came out the other side laughing like idiots and carrying around 9.5 knots of speed! The game was on and David and Steve then started chasing down the squalls (full of bravado from the few fingers of Jamesons) to get the wind and keep up the average speed. True to form, they managed to cover 34nm in one 4 hour stint - a record for this trip so far.
By the time morning came around Steve and David, full of pride (and Jamesons) for what they'd achieved, retired for a well earned sleep. The remainder of the morning has seen us keen to keep up the pace set by Delta watch and competition for the greatest distance covered in one watch is hotting up as quick as the weather!