Challenger 4 - Challenger 4 Day Two

We flapped around somewhere off Africa and didn’t catch a fish….
This is mothers watch reporting in for today Challenger 4 blog.
A very light day of wind but this gave everyone a chance to settle in and get on with the tasks in hand. It was also the crew’s first night sail which was enjoyed by all. Everyone was impressed by the phosphorescent and some of the crew managed to see some shooting stars.
We tried fishing but we think the fish were going too fast for us to keep up with them. Hopefully we will get a chance to catch some on our crossing.
This was our first day of not seeing land and we won’t see any land until we reach St Lucia.
Hot day for the mother watch working down below with our cleaning duties – our first baking attempt proved a success with the crew even though we almost set the kitchen on fire.
Highlight of the day included watching about 20-30 dolphins swimming along our starboard side.
Bruce is still trying to use the sextant to work out our position using this ancient method. We hope to have this figured out the end of the ARC, however there are some members of the crew that don’t think this will be possible.
We would never want to gloat but are delighted that our skipper’s cunning plan has put us ahead of Challenger 2 and 3. Result!
Our Spinnaker rig was setup and deployed today and it looks quite spectacular we must say! We will now have fun tonight trimming it!
All the voyage crew send their love and best wishes to family and friends – we are all well and having a great time.
Sam, Malcolm and Emma