Kelpie - Sunday 2 December 2018

> 16:22.7N 43:33.8W at noon. Today marks an important milestone on Kelpie's
> transatlantic jaunt: we passed the half way point at 11:40 this morning.
> We are over 1000 miles from both Cape Verde and St Vincent; in fact, the
> nearest land is French Guyana at approximately 850 miles to our
> south-west. Perhaps that's where the lost-looking seabirds come from. To
> celebrate our milestone Sarah has promised us roast beef for supper. We
> joked that the test would be whether the Yorkshire puddings would rise,
> but the girl is up for the challenge. Moreover, the success of Kelpie's
> recently installed water maker means that today is a shower day (I had a
> bath on Sunday and went to work on Monday. I worked eleven hours and
> bought the girl some flowers) so you we be almost as relieved as we are
> that Kelpie's crew remains fragrant.
>
> Our noon to noon run for the last 24 hours was 151 miles so we have
> averaged over 6 knots every day since we left Cape Verde. Approaching 45
> degrees west, we have put ship's time to GMT - 3 hours. This undoubtedly
> means that our respective annoying alarms will wake us and the rest of the
> crew up an hour early or late for our watches tonight. There is no ambient
> light so our celestial star-gazing has opened up regions of the heavens
> normally denied to Europeans. We are still second on adjusted time but the
> boat in front has increased his lead. Kelpie needs to pick up her skirts!
>
> Chris
> Ship's Cat