Position – 16:58.42N 41:57.07W

Daily run – 142Nm

 

Today we crossed an imaginary half way point, good news, and somehow upset King Neptune, bad news.

 

As you may have gathered , our crossing so far has been rough and windy, but last night it went to a whole new level.

The night started with the wind constantly in the high 20’s (force 7) so we set minimum sail before dark and settled down hoping for a reasonably quite night. Although the wind was strong it was manageable and Mark got some good sleep, we changed watch at 0300 and pretty soon we got hit by a squall. The sky darkened and the wind increased to 38 Knts (force 8) the sea state deteriorated very quickly and soon Mark was hand steering to ensure we didn't get thrown sideways onto a wave, then the rain came.

 

It lasted about 30 mins and then subsided back to a ‘normal’ force 7. This procedure was then repeated every hour or so for the rest of the night and into the morning.

 

All very exciting stuff, but Amanda and I have used all our “brave” pills now so would welcome a bit of a respite.

 

We apologise unreservedly to King Neptune for any past, present or future slight we may have caused.