Finally reached our waypoint at 3.30 pm and set on
our new course, gibing at approximately 5pm and heading straight for the canal
entrance on a course of 246 degrees. Wind picked up throughout the night to
allow us to make up for lighter winds during yesterday afternoon and averaged
10 knots for 8 hours throughout the night.
It was an eventful night and started around 2230 when
annie was rudely awoken from her doze with a yelp and expletive from scott as
he was hit on the foot by a large flying fish which once found was soon
returned safely to water. Around an hour later a repeat incident however this
time it was his left cheek which got hit and once again annie was woken with
some choice language! Later Annie narrowly missed a hit in the face when she
got up to get the biscuits (as Annie regularly does) got hit on the derriere
which is becoming a bigger target by the day! So that leaves the scores at
Flying Fish 4 now, Jus Do It 0.
After a beautiful sunrise this morning enjoyed by
stewie and scott the wind died and our speed dropped to 6-7 knots however it
has gradually returned and we our now back up to the 8 knot mark. Sue was up
for around half an hour this morning but no real improvement – just longing
to reach land now!
Our 24 hour run was 199 miles and our eta for the
canal is around midday on the 29th.