Position 45 42.5N 9 54.2W

Wednesday 10^th June  360 miles to Plymouth

Further good progress through the night, though it was murky and wet, still with six gusting seven on the tail. This morning it’s all gone really quiet, the motor’s on and Irie’s trundling along at just over 5 knots. This is probably the shape of things for the next three days, with sort of midday Saturday maybe, possibly but there’s many a slip between hoojah and thingumy – therefore a degree of uncertainty, perhaps. Meanwhile the sun’s out and life on board has opened up –drying wet gear, a bit of cleaning and tidying, consumption of the remaining food (exceptions: beans, corned beef), hasty reading of those unfinished books, final beard growing; in short a sort of awakening to the reality that this team’s home for the last six weeks is coming to an end.

Knot of the day: Man harness from fools knot  Saying: Channel Fever (Oh yes)