Today Liz joined us on the boat, really nice to have her back on board. So now we have our full complement.

The equipment checks have gone very quiet, so I took some time out to help with the preparation of the boat during the day

Working on the safety equipment preparations ready for our safety check on Friday.

In the evening we were all invited to dinner by Discovery yachts who were visiting Stewart on the new Discovery 67 and us whilst we were in Las Palmas, and also to wish us ‘bon voyage’ for the Atlantic crossing. A really peasant evening with great company. Leila had to attend one of the crew dinners as she was working, which was unfortunate, but at least she got fed