Today we have been on this big blue ocean for four weeks things are starting to get a little smelly! we  have no clean clothes to wear (didnt bring much anyway) alas we are naked its good for our skin and also when waves hit we dry quick.  Its like a nudist camp on this boat (of course we wouldn’t know what that is like but can imagine).  We carry around a sheepskin only (to sit on our own personal one) and are sporting our harness and lifejackets of course at all times so not completely nude.  We have not washed our hair  now for four weeks since leaving land. personal hygiene consists of a wash down with baby wipes and application of surgical spirit to our behinds and hands after each shift and thats it.  We saw a whale yesterday and today a very large pod of dolphins followed us for sometime.  The flying fish are still attacking we found a dead one hidden in the boat it had been there for some time and i had been blaming the smell on Helens shoes.  We are still steering manually and battery power is still an issue but we are managing.  Niki has an infected nailbed in her fingure so she is on antibiotics and I had to lance it for her today it was a case of hiding the lancet and telling her to look away!! she is very brave it must have been hurting really bad, she also has a pressure sore, poor Niki what with falling down and brusing her coccyx and the flying fish.  Pigeon post arrives on a sunday with an extra delivery during the week (mail I collected form family and friends before leaving) its nice to receive this and helps put a smile on all our faces.  There is no doubt this is the toughest challenge any of us have ever done, whilst we are enjoying the journey and there are some amazing sights and very funny moments we are also looking forward to arriving in Antigua and being reunited wiht our families who we love and miss every day.  A specail mention to Ben my husband who is watching the weather for us and thankfully managed to steer us clear of the eye of the big storm having advance notice of the weather really helps us your marvellous darling, thank you from us all X.  Im on shift now so until next time skipper Janette signing off, one of these days one of the crew will get to doing a blog rather than having a snooze!!!!!!!!!!!!     xxxxx