POSITION REPORT ON THURSDAY 1 MARCH 2018 AT 0700

12:45S 16:04W

So far we've done 635 miles with 1,165 miles to go to Jacaré, Brazil. We did 120 miles in the last 24 hours.  We have 20% cloud cover and 8-12 knot ESE winds.  We’re sailing wing-on-wing doing 4 to 5 knots with a 1 metre swell. Here's what we did yesterday and overnight.

28 February 2018   St Helena to Brazil (Day 5)

Once again, the showers dissipated after dawn, leaving us with fluffy white clouds and a nice day. The clouds built up a bit in the afternoon and messed about with the wind, but we managed to keep sailing at 4 to 6 knots all day.

The days are starting to blur together now.  We’re both feeling weary with the three hour watches and the constant rolling, so we’re sleeping as much as we can. The most exciting event of the day was that Glenys washed some of our underwear and hung it out to dry in the sun. 

It was a beautiful moonlit night with a few small clouds and a steady 8-12 knot breeze – we slid along at 4 to 5 knots.  Fabulous, easy sailing.