Skyelark of London - first squalls

Day 12

All change again today! After several days of fine sunny trade wind conditions, someone obviously decided that life was getting a little too easy. At 2.00am this morning the first squall of our trip arrived, heralded by a sharp increase in wind strength and driving rain, which sent the, on watch crew, scurrying to reduce sail and batten down the hatches.

Squalls have continued to be the theme of the day, passing through every hour or two. Sunscreen has been swapped for waterproofs and the interior of the boat is doing a good impression a large tumble drier in the increasing seas. We are all hanging on twice as hard as usual and telling ourselves the increased wind will provide a faster roller coaster sail to our destination. As always our splendid skippers carry on as usual and even as I type, Dan is beavering away in the galley working on tonights meal, Mahi Mahi Curry. Just another day on the ARC!

David