In Tune - Mon 10th December. Another rough night

With winds 20 + knots an the occasional rain squall the seas have built to 3 - 4 metres; so it was windy, wet and rough last night. Angela saw a meteor on watch, but I'd hardly call it "showers" yet.

In the morning, and checking the forecast showed the wind continuing, so we decided to continue to play safe and just run under the genoa. By late afternoon wind had dropped to about 16-17 knots, gradually decreasing, so we decided to raise the parasailor again for overnight.

During the day saw lots of relaxing - yahtzee, reading, listening to "Endurance", fixing a couple of minor things. Geraldine was a bit off colour in the rougher seas. Since early morning the skies have cleared and rain squalls gone, so that's one positive. The highlight of the day was seeing another boat; the first we have seen for about 2 weeks, so we had a chat to them on the radio for a while. Our regular radio sched at 1200 GMT is getting more difficult now as reception continues to worsen. Dinner tonight is beef casserole & rice.