Gently settling into a pattern supported by trade winds - long may they last. An uneventful night - ten or so more of those please where every 3 hour watch registered 27 miles, much to the disbelief of the inveterate fiddller combination of Patrick and Nick (not that those two are competitive or anything)!. Nick brought a little bit of Chiswick Spice to our cooking last night which left everyone gasping for both breath and admiration. Matthew caught his first Dorado which is now waiting for the incomparable Andrew/Alan mother watch to really screw up the cooking! A couple of gybes, some tidying and not a yacht in sight. Winds have stayed in from the NE at 15 to 20 knots and Satori has been making around 9 knots day and night. Router Mike Broughton thinks he has us in a tunnel of trade winds - who are we to argue!! Bring it on Chelsea against Porto....
Andrew Haining