Position – 16:51.95N 44:05.10W

Daily run 136

 

Strong winds and squalls all day today, but sunny and warm. Daytime temperature is in the low 20’s and the water temp is rising the further west we go, currently 27deg. I guess the warmer water is what is fuelling the showers and squalls.

 

During the season, this particular bit of the Atlantic is where the hurricanes spawn, there’s a scary though!

 

Amazing how the human mind and body can adjust and accept situations, we have had winds over 30 knts and house sized walls of water roaring up behind us for days now, it now seems the norm. Yesterday evening the wind dropped to 24/25knts and the sun shone so we had dinner in the cockpit and both commented how peaceful it seemed! Obviously it wasn't peaceful at all but compared to our new “reality” it seemed like a flat calm !

 

We cracked the 1000 miles to go barrier today so hopefully it will be good for moral seeing that number fall.

 

We are both tired now as even normal tasks seem to require superhuman effort, but we are in good sprits and are able to swing around the boat from, handhold to handhold like a pair of gibbons.

 

Haven't seen another boat for days now and the nearest land is 1000 miles away. we are both very aware of that fact and are taking all measures to keep ourselves and Magnum safe.