The night was the usual rolly polly session with the wind and seas all over the place making it a bit bumpy down below. To add to the excitement in the early hours we had a tug go behind us doing 2.8knots on its way to Manila towing something, but the tow was so low in the water I could not distinguish what it was. For most of the morning we have been doing an acceptable 7 to 8 knots with fairly large following seas. For lunch we made our own wraps and/or cheese and biscuits. The wind was gradually taking us further North so it was necessary to gybe to get back on track. Whilst undertaking the gybe just before a squall came through Nicole sustained rope burns to her hands whilst letting out the boom preventer - not good! In the evening I made a pasta, pancetta, onion and white sauce meal for the crew. The wind got a bit light as we went into our night watch pattern, Jeremy and I filled in the watch hours for Nicole to give her hands a chance to recover.