Blog for today day 5 Monday 47.37.239N 8.09.440W

Voyage of Wanderingstar
Ben Bonnick
Mon 9 Oct 2017 18:54
Hello hope all is well squally showers and lots of sail adjustment and re-adjustment and wind still on the low side but got to be careful what you wish for in his game I’m happy making sold if slow progress. Lots of highlights; crossed the Atlantic ridge today where there is a sudden drop from 150 m depth to over a thousand and the water is now a more blue colour rather than the green grey colour of before. The dolphins have been looking after me again and the water ingress has stopped so my plug worked hurray. I also had a fray bentos pie which was spot on and I had it straight out of the tin perfect. I’m on night shift now which is relaxing until you see a distant light of a ship which you strain at for 40 minutes waiting for it to pass trying to work out its direction. The AIS kicks in at the last 2 miles or so which is ok but I prefer a bit more notice if I need to take avoiding action. The pic is after a night on watch.

Completed approx 350 miles so about a quarter of the way there doing 4 knots at the moment so keep that up all night and will be across the bay in a day or so.
Aye
Ben