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I have been told by my daughter that I have to contribute to the blogs
so here it is.

 I must start by thanking people. first my wife for giving me the time
and especially my daughter for coping with things at home. My crew on
the boat and those who helped to bring th3 boat down. Sam for looking
after evrything at the office and saving me from worring and finally the
people who helped get the boat ready.

We are now around half way from start to finish although not quite half 
way across the atlantic. It is good to start counting the miles off.
There is a lot of sea out here. For those of us who sailing the solent
and english channel you can not appreiciate the emptiness of not seeing
land or indeed another boat for days at at time.

As you will know from the other blogs we have not been without problems,
but they do seem of less significance as you get nearer the destination.
this is not to deride the efforts that the crew have taken to repair or
overcome the defects. Without there skill I/ we would not have got this far.

it looks as if we will have plenty of food and drink (beer) whereas we
have been told that this boat previously arrived on empty. We are now
running around the clock with spinney up and which I hope will hold out.
I was perhaps alittle conservative earlier on, mainly running goose
winged especialy at night.

The boat will require a good clean when we get there and I am looking
forward to sitting down at a table for a meal. I expect that the land
will still be moving but that goes eventually.

All the best, counting the days, Steve