Hi All

It has been a few days since I sent the halfway blog.

We have indifferent winds since then, making good progress on a couple of days and then having to motor quite a bit yesterday as there was just no wind at all. Today has been the same - wind speeds of 3 - 6 knots.

To alleviate the windless boredom we have taken to cracker eating contests on an almost daily basis. There is something endlessly funny in watching Paul and Jeremy scoffing as many crackers as possible in 3 minutes! If we ever run out of crackers - which is doubtful - we might have to start a nut based game. We have nuts galore on board.

Crackers aside, there were two big positives from yesterday. The first came in the form of a big squall. It gave us the chance to replenish fresh water for washing. Positioning buckets around the bimini (basically a secured parasol) means that within 5 mins you easily have enough water for 6 people to wash. I went onto the foredeck to lather up but typically, the rain stopped before I could rinse off.

Over the last few days we have been in the company of some other yachts on the ARC. None of us have enough wind to get away from one another and have just been hovering on each others horizons. This will probably continue until the winds pick up.

Night watches have turned into dusk watches, as providing there isn’t too much cloud, the moon which is only 1/2 full provides a lot of light. We hope to arrive in St Lucia just before the full moon.

Hope everyone is well.

Nihil est simul et inventum et perfectum.

Namaste