Position 1200 UTC +0100hrs 30th November  20:40.00 N 30:06.00 W  

 

The winds still turn fickle with a frustrating regularity.  Both yesterday and today, the winds in the morning have been light and variable and efforts have to be geared towards reducing the amount the sails flog in what is sometimes a 4 to 5 metre swell.  It makes for a lovely rollercoaster ride when there’s wind and frustration when there isn’t.  Whilst this is a rally not a race, we are keen to keep a respectable place within the fleet and after the setback at the start with the steering failure  which cost us several hours, we doo seem to have made good pace with regard to the rest of the fleet.  We think we saw the only other Oyster 53 cross our stern several miles away earlier today. (Arethusa which was 50 miles ahead at one stage).

 

During the morning we found a flying fish on our deck and just before lunch we caught another mahi mahi.  So to sum up the fish situation so far this passage, we have captured 2, a further 2 have escaped from the line and one (the flying fish) just surrendered without a fight.

 

This message is slightly later than normal and our future blogs may not be as timely as we would like. as we’ve had an inverter problem so can only operate email and other mains powered devices when we have the generator running.  Its not a problem for us though.  We’ve almost logged 1,000 miles and are about a third of the distance across.  We’ve also just changed our clocks again so are currently 2 hours later than UK time