4.45S 94.36W Day 3 - Sunday March 9^th  As you can see we are still heading South – apparently the trades kick in around 6 degrees although we are getting pretty steady winds already from the SSE.  We sailed all day today at an average of 6 knots which is great – the sun shone and no rain!  Another very black night but lit up with stars. Everyone feels a bit under the weather though – maybe we picked up a bug?

The light bulb trick to get the washing machine going worked a treat – one fridge is back on line and we have reinsulated the door and lid to make it more efficient – and that is about the sum of our industry today!

One amusing thing – I was in the kitchen this morning and decided to switch on the generator quickly to make a sneaky piece of toast (the boys prefer bread) but unbeknown to me Paul was on the aft deck throwing out our new tow generator propeller to gain more amps.  He came rushing in ‘you cannot believe how brilliant the new propeller is……………’ and then he noticed I had the genny on!!