Northern Light II - Friday 1st December

12 01.979n 57 57.745w

223 miles to go and Patricia continues to be flown. Winds have been fairly consistent over the last 24 hours and we continue to make good progress. Last night Geertje spotted our first squall on radar which came within 1 1/2 nm of us. It was a tense time judging whether it would miss us and if not when to get the crew up to bring Patricia down. Winds on the squall front can hit 30 knots + and would shred the sail. As Geertje was the first person to spot a squall and manage the boat through the period she has now been given the honorary title of Professor of Squalls.

You have heard of Partygate well last night we had Pringlegate. Geertje was looking forward to sharing the last tube of Pringles today but was shocked to find the empty tube in the bin this morning. Tom & Cat had eaten it during their night watch! 9 tubes of Pringles on board, 2 eaten by the crew and the rest by ………. I wonder whose cabin they were stored in.?

The fishermen are still fishless - still 36 hours to go to prove the doubters wrong.

The crew feel that they will arrive much heavier in Grenada because of all the extra treats Cat has cooked along the way including delicious shortbread ( had with a cup of team whilst going to assist Helma) , chocolate brownies, fruit cake (with rum) and banana cake.

Until tomorrow

Michael