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Apologies if this is the first blog you've seen for this leg.  User error!  Will rectify (Giles).  Following from Hugo:

We pushed through the sargassum into clearer waters. There have been fewer snags of the line but still no fish activity. We did see a pod of dolphins head off chasing something, but it was only a short flurry of action.

In place of fresh fish, we have been tucking into a fruitcake that Leonie sent out with Michael. It’s been keeping morale high with full bellies. Absolutely delicious!

Our practice with the sextant has been getting more and more accurate. People are regularly getting quite accurate sights. It’s not always perfect though and we sometimes get a result putting us a very long way from the mid-Atlantic!

One of the holding tanks has become blocked, so we’re glad to have two at this point even if it does mean six people sharing one bathroom.

As far as the sailing goes, we have been cruising along under the asymmetric. We’ve earned a spot to the south of the fleet, sailing down to avoid the light winds to the north. Now we’re able to head in a more westerly direction on a similar latitude to Grenada. It feels nice to be sailing on a similar bearing to our destination, chewing through the miles.

The wind is due to pick up and we’re hoping to keep the kite flying as long as we can, but we’ll probably have to go down to white sails at some point.

Adastrina are still nearby and it’s nice to spend some good time with friends in sight. We’ll just have to see if we can still keep up when those winds build.

Hugo