Since leaving Gran Canaries we have to report to the relevant authorities that we have discovered an extra crew member, we believe that we have a creature living in our bilge. To allow us to apply for an ARC Pass we have named him Billy the Bilge Boy (photograph to follow), at first Bill contented himself by eating all of our biscuits and leaving the toilet seat up, now however we have to report things are getting serious as he has developed a taste for our diesel, probably drinking it through a straw at approximately three litres every hour, for some incredible reason he has been switching our steaming light on even though we are always SAILING. He also has a taste for our fun size mars bars, has thrown both winch handles overboard and has deployed our anchor twice slowing our boat speed to a disappointing 12 knots. At night he has been heard in the skippers cabin repeatedly chanting "OH NO WHAT HAVE I DONE I AM SAILING EVERYONE TO A CERTAIN DEATH"