and a house martin joined us for a short rest early on Tuesday morning. We hope he made it to land - Curacao was only 50 miles so maybe he dropped in there.

Richard has been the music programmer for this leg and we have been richly rewarded with a wonderful medley of oldies from Pop, reggae, country and western and crooners. Music is a great morale booster and mood improver and this has been a great feature of this crossing so far. We have dined veto well on fresh caught tuna and tonights special is rack of lamb. The wines are also excellent with a 1996 Pomerol out of the cellar for this evening.