Island Kea II - 13th day at sea

Island Kea II
Steve and Katrin Everett
Fri 7 Dec 2007 12:20
Position as at 12.00 midday UTC 7th of December
17:01.08N 43:42.74W
 
Last night was tough.  It was blowing F8-9 and we had to double up in pairs and do 1 hour on, 1 hour off and hand steer.  I am getting lots of practise. We then went to single person watches of 1 hr on, 3 hrs off but we are now going back to normal watch system.  Seas as big, but the boat is handling it well and I'm afraid that the forecast is for the winds to continue for a couple of days, but not quite so bad.  So we have had the  sunny relaxed days and now for the exciting ones.
We are still keeping well, the boat is comfortable and we should start catching up with sleep today.  I tried to make tea and coffee this morning, but I'm afraid the whole lot ended up all over the boat, so a different technique was required.
Katrin