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05 53N 042 49W

Steady progress over the last couple of days with variable lumpy seas and NE winds between 12 and 25 knots but a daily average of 150+ miles and reasonably comfortable. An interesting incident yesterday when I was chatting to Roger on Shango on our afternoon sched.- my starboard eye tooth implant fell out on to the chart table. Clearly the locum dentist on St Helena was right, her fix didn’t last. So, first off we tried fixing it back in with some emergency filling material left on board by Dan some time ago. That didn’t work, but worse, it fell out again and this time bounced on to the floor and down the grid into the bilge. Much hilarity from the crew at this stage and a wicked grimace from the captain. Anyway after removing the grid and grovelling around we found it again and gave it a scrub. No messing next time – superglue to the rescue. A quick dab and in it went. For a moment I thought that my thumb and fore finger were to be forever attached to the tooth, making eating something of a trial, but the glue let go and the tooth not only stayed in place but has subsequently passed the apple eating test. Yes we still have fresh fruit. Today we’ve just made bread and anzac cookies, my a/m sun sight came within 2 miles of our position and the sun is out. All well on board.