18:39.0N

30:19.0W

 

Hi All,

 

It seems we have been at sea for 7 days and is the longest single passage any of us have done.  I'm looking forward to the celebrations when we get to Martinique.

 

Well what have we all been up to, firstly we have another job for Diana namely Flight Deck Officer Night Operations.  Last night Di successfully landed a flying fish on the afterdeck, an hard landing but quite good for her first time.  Di has just finished a very tough day as mother where working in the galley is very difficult with 8-10ft swell rolling the boat very badly at times.  Skipper 2 (he has been demoted) didn't fit a bum strap facility so we have an interim solution where we fit a rubber tube around Di and inflate to provide a padded bumper. Imagine how this works; think of a pin ball machine, there is Di going pin ding dong down the galley,collecting dishes on the way, until one of us bats her back to the other end again. The process is then repeated.  The end result is one very black and bruised Di and a well fed crew.  It's Greame's turn today!

 

Progress is good, our position is 18N 30W with a course of 260M.  We would like to make more south but swell and wind conditions dictate more bias to the west for crew comfort. We are expecting Easterly winds of about 15kts for the next 2 days then 20-25knts for the following 2 days. We should easily see 200NM with these conditions.

 

Thanks go to Margaret for information on the position of the ARC fleet, skipper 2 is very pleased with himself since we've passed some already.

 

Belatedly I've been awarded another promotion, in recognition of my efforts, above and beyond the call of duty, for clearing the blocked up forward head which now works perfectly.  I'm now Sanitary technician. ----------- I wonder if this is a promotion.

 

I'm going on strike.

 

Bye for now.

 

Roger