Cloud Jumper - Update since departing The Canaries...

We are now well into day 4 and Cloud Jumper has been galloping along South and West at a good pace with an average of about 130 nautical miles per day which is fantastic. Gran Canaria looked very impressive as we sailed around to get on our Southerly track, also treated to a spectacular sunset and plenty of shooting stars or meteors? Everyone is fine and no seasickness this time. We are all starting to get into the routine of night shifts and the tricky tasks like  cooking and going to the loo whilst being thrown about in out little boat. I think we are one of the smallest boats taking part in the ARC also one of the very few boats to have a tiller rather than wheel for steering, we saw a  smaller Italian boat on the start and waggled our tiller extensions at each other which was lovely. It has been exhilarating sailing at times with the spinnaker going up at every opportunity.

We have only had one rough night so far with some gusty systems blowing through but we have all now caught up on sleep as best we can. We have been eating well, spaghetti bolognaise first 2 nights then Veggie Curry last night. Mathaies made French crepes for breakfast yesterday which were great and Jowan did a tasty fry up this morning. Jowan pre cooked meals for about a week which makes these first few days much easier. I caught a fish this afternoon but it jumped off while reeling in. I am a terrible fisherman so really hope I got the provisioning right haha!

We are sailing South until the Westerly trade winds set in, the old saying goes " head south until the butter melts before heading west" our butter is annoyingly right at the bottom of the fridge and is also blended with veg oil so not sure it would work anyway! This morning we all had a dip off the stern of Cloud Jumper  it was great to have a wash and we all smell reasonable again.

Sorry this is a bit long  I will try do shorter ones more often

Love from Peter, Neil, Jowan and Mathias
Cloud Jumper