Khamsin - Khamsin Day 11

Mine is the 12-3am watch tonight and the vast sky is just stunning - completely covered by a sparkling blanket of stars. So so many stars. Need Piers’ app to navigate me past the Girl Scout staples of Orion’s Belt and the Plough. You can really get why people are so passionate about deep space. Maybe that’s the next challenge. Haha no way… don’t worry Gareth! And fingers crossed all the stars mean no prospect of squalls. For the moment at least. Actually I love the nights at sea. Just me, the stars and the ocean. It’s an awesome feeling knowing you’re in the middle of the Atlantic with no one around for miles and water as deep as the Andes (poetic license but you get the drift). Having space and time to enjoy inner peace is such a privilege even if disturbed from time to time by an over enthusiastic flying fish leaping into the cockpit. On a more practical note I’ve just been trying to hook seaweed off the watt n sea hydro generator. Need the power for the auto pilot on which I absolutely rely at night in particular. It means I can snuggle up in the cockpit away from the wind and monitor the wind angle and direction on the iPad (potatoes and bananas swinging around me) whilst listening to Hannah Fry’s rich warm and reassuringly familiar voice exploring some science topic. Tonight it’s about the end of the world - not sure how much science it is but it’s entertaining. See you in the morning…