1630 GMT

04 13.7S 023 45W

Another couple of days of steady but not sparkling progress averaging 136 miles every 24 hours. We expect to gybe tomorrow as the winds back more into the east and that will give us a more direct angle on crossing the equator, probably on Saturday . The winds will probably fall light later Friday and that will mean motoring through to Peter and Paul’s rocks and the start of the NE trades. No fish yet, plenty of wine left and all well on board.