Position 26:33.192N 15:12.257W

Sunday 15^th November 2009

A very quiet night motor sailing, the wind has filled in now and we are gliding along at 6 knots, just South of the Canary Islands.

The crew are settling in to the watch system and all is well on board.

We had a pod of dolphins join us this morning and we also saw marlin jumping and twisting out of the water – they were very big and we were quite glad that we didn’t hook one !

‘Roundabout’ however did hook one and spent 45 mins chasing a 3 metre marlin which had taken all their line, unfortunately it was another one that got away.  

Food is a big highlight of our day….

We enjoyed a wonderful Victoria sponge yesterday, hand baked by Sandie and transported by Malc to Lanzarote, and today we are going to sample Sandie’s fruit cake.

Toad in the hole for dinner tonight.

Thank you everyone for all your kind wishes for a safe trip – it is so good to receive messages from home.