44:05N 18:14W

 

On this occasion, the apparently wonky position is correct! We tacked yesterday afternoon on routeing advice from Cheerio in order to avoid some strong easterly winds to the north and to regroup and get a better angle in coming days.

That is the plan anyway, but in the meantime it has been frustrating to be heading towards Lisbon rather than counting down the miles towards Dartmouth!

Simon would like to announce that it may be the first day of Derby week and is wondering whether Michael Stout’s horse is running. If so a hot tip, but he can’t remember the name of the horse!!