Day 4: The waves have certainly built and become "lively". Approx 3 meters at 6 second intervals. With 20-22 knots of wind gusting 27 knots, we have put in an early reef on both our headsails as we expect the weather to continue to build into midnight. The kids are kept mostly inside doing homes-chooling and watching movies whilst Captain still insists on maintaining his two showers a day routine. With the grace and elegance of a slinky, I had to leave the cockpit to retrieve a dangling fender off the stern quarter. My coffee also bid for freedom and flew across the kitchen earlier, so I suspect cooking lunch is going to be a battle - I need octopus arms.
Average speed over the last 4 hours: 8.5kts If we continue at this pace, we'll have our first 200nm day of the passage!
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