Life in the tumble dryer, pretty much sums up life below on Magnum for the last 24hrs. We have had big seas driven in from a depression hundreds of miles north of us and a smaller wind driven swell travelling at 90 deg to this. Somewhere in the middle is us and Magnum being tossed around like a cork.

 

Still, we have had some good winds and covered 132NM today.

 

Had veggie fajita wraps for dinner, its odd how we both look forward to a cooked evening meal even though as we head further south the temperature has been rising. Comfort food I guess.

 

We have settled into a pretty good routine now and although we are both tired, we have had some good sleep. I have discovered that I am pretty good at cat napping and can function pretty well taking my sleep in 15min “bursts?” and then being woken by an egg timer, quick check on horizon, course, wind strength and direction, then back for another 15.

 

Oh and we saw another yacht today, our first since the Canaries. Odd all that open space and they set a course straight at us. It was a bit unnerving at first having someone so close (probably 1/2 mile at closest) anyway we waved and they continued west into the Atlantic.

 

Current position 22:47.40N 20:55.99W