Pantelleria pit-stop

Global Yacht Racing's P42
Global Yacht Racing
Thu 2 Oct 2008 16:45
37:30.0N 20:45.5E

We're surrounded by a lot of shipping as we round the north-eastern corner of Tunisia this evening - nice to have company after a few days of seeing nothing at all!

After an unsuccessful day's fishing (we've been going a bit too fast really), we've pretty much run out of decent food on board. What we have left seems to be full of sugar, which is having some amusing effects on an already delirous crew! Don't worry folks - we were never in any danger of starving, as we have hundreds of Wayfarer boil-in-the-bag meals on board, although these are packed away ready for the Middle Sea Race and our race across the Atlantic.

We're going to stop on a small island called Pantelleria, which we should reach at about sunrise tomorrow. We only plan to be there long enough to grab a few bits of food, and hopefully a shower! If we leave there tomorrow afternoon then it helps us to guarantee arriving in Malta at a sensible (daylight) time on Saturday which makes custom's formalities much more straightforward.