PG Roshni - Morning Campers

23:41.6N 18:40.3W

Just watching dawn coming up and the stars fading out, the last sliver of moon over Africa ...
Aw I'm becoming a soft romantic ... It is most definitely beer o'clock when we arrive in Mindelo so I can return to my usual sarcasm and cynicism.

Truly magical out here at the moment. The sea has flattened off considerably and gives us a bit less of a sleigh ride which although fun is hard work helming for hours and is too much for Daisy the autohelm.

Where are we in the fleet ? Someone tell us ... The AIS is the only thing we have and there are only a couple of other boats showing.

Highlight of the day yesterday Susan's soup and cottage pie;
Numpty of the day Nick trying to run the water maker with the valve closed;
Damage of the day mainsail chafe on starbourd shrouds forcing a patch

Interesting half conversation on the vhf yesterday where someone in a charter yacht seemed to be requesting a tow from an Arc boat - they seemed to have lost their engine and didn't know what to do...

Anyway aside that all is cool here; I'm on washing up today hoorah not and Nigel is cooking - this probably means hunger for the rest of us !:)

520 to go....