Ekaterina - Swim Ex!!

Wind has really dropped off. Still enough of it, but too directly behind us and the sails don't like it. So out went the swim rope and we had a drift swim for an hour. The water must be 26-28 degrees, beautiful. Something eerie about swimming over several miles deep of water though! Dave lost the swim rope and we had to do an about turn to go and fetch him! Fish ain't anywhere to be seen, so we are onto the tinned food. I suggested we leave Dave out there as bait but the Captain wasn't having it! Counting down now with 450 miles to go. Hopefully there in the early hours of Sat morning. Can taste my first Rum punch already!!Ash. read more...

Ekaterina - Finally up Blogging!!!

Well a quick summary of the 1st 6 days. We decided on the more direct Westerly route rather than heading south. It has proven a good decision! After getting out near last from the start, we are in a very good position passing the sub 2000 mile mark last night. We are on a direct course for St Lucia and have been averaging 150 mile days which is better than we expected for the boat. We think we have escaped most of the low pressure system which tracked down over the Canaries in the last day or two. Its been very rough the last 24 hours, as the wind turned to the northwest and we were beating in to it with a large swell on our beam. Very unpleasant!! combine that with water leaking into the cabin over my bunk!! But hopefully we have passed it now and gradually approaching the trade winds. read more...