Position 11:33.86N 77:54.37W

After trying unsuccessfully to get a few hours sleep with arms and legs spread eagled to keep from rolling off the bunk I came up to the cockpit to take over from Mark for my night watch.

I was faced with a huge mountain of water rising above the stern of the boat whilst we lurched violently from side to side as we fell down the waves.

The wind had increased to around 35 knots, force 7 and we were ploughing along at 7 knots with a tiny handkerchief of a sail out forward.

A thought crossed my mind……. “ what the ##!! am I doing here ?”

And of course the answer is ‘living the dream’ and ‘enjoying the journey’.

Hey, there would be no sense of achievement without some challenges along the way !

With regards to culinary delights all I can say is that bowls are the new plates and liquid salt is the new seasoning.

It is morning now and the seas and winds are abating slightly, Mark has just served up the best scrambled egg on toast that I have ever tasted and all is well.

We have one more night and expect to arrive tomorrow morning, as Derry from ‘Jackamy’ said this morning on the radio “pedallo number 16 wants to come in now” !!