Day 7 – Noon 25^th May to Noon 26^th May

First the good news

And this is for Paul, Ric and Mike. We did better than Rosie – we all survived your Dad’s corned beef hash ok.

Secondly we managed 124 miles in the right direction yesterday having found the Westerly wind.

Now the less good news

We had a problem with the steering wheel cables coming adrift from the rudder. But thanks to a sterling effort by Nick crawling around under the floor while the boat was bouncing around in 35 knot winds we have fixed the problem and the steering is now working fine. Nick you’re a star and have earned your place on the boat big time.

Strange just as we were stopped mid ocean working on the problem another sail boat suddenly appears and passes within 100 metres. We have a chat on the VHF set and then just as suddenly he’s gone again. Bizarre.

Our old opponent is up to his tricks again. The barometer is plummeting and there is a gale warning in place so having headed North to find the Westerly wind we’re now heading South to avoid the gale. This game isn’t over yet by a long way.

Paul - Peejay