20th April - North Atlantic Southern Part 28:43.599N 064:21.111W

Whisper
Noel Dilly
Sat 20 Apr 2013 19:34
"North Atlantic Southern Part - 20th April"
 
Only 217nm to go!  We broke our 24hr record again, it is now 155nm! So we are feeling very pleased with Whisper and ourselves.  The ocean continued to bubble and boil all through the night but it was no problem for Whisper, she just buried her nose in and pushed her way through any waves in her way sending the spray up on both sides of her bow creating a wall of water which hurtled down the deck over the coach roof and spray hood.  We had to keep the hatch closed and one wash board in place to avoid getting sea water down below. Needless to say with our electronics working away we kept watch from below, bravely sticking our heads out every 10 minutes or so to check that all was well and learning to duck pretty quickly. 
 
This morning saw the ocean settled for a while, the wind had changed to SE and the swell was coming at us on our quarter which made moving about below less of a challenge.  However, since providing boiled eggs for lunch (what a fiasco that proved to be as we fought to keep hold of our hot eggs and everything else, whilst becoming hysterical with laughter, I only made them because it was calm!), the wind has strengthened back to an easterly creating plenty of white horses and the swell is back on our beam once again.  We are still flying along with one reef in the main and the No.2 Genoa, keeping our course whilst surrounded by the royal blue of the ocean and clear blue skies, the conditions are ideal.  
 
We have heard two more ghost ships picking up our position on their radar but again we have not seen them, it is comforting to know that they are over 32nm away, as we cannot pick them up on the AIS.