Whitbread - celebrations

Hello there and how is everyone? About time but we've finally got the sails into shape and we're working them hard. We've munched up 410 miles of blue sea in the last 48 hours and still crunching through. Last night saw some heavy rain and another outing for the shower gel. The poor vis meant that a fishing boat crept up on us although was a welcome sight being the first boat seen since leaving the galapagos. Lunchtime today and cheers could be heard from the cockpit. Another vessel, a small sailing yacht, off the port beam. Unfortunately they couldn't be raised on the vhf but it was a sign that we were catching up after the 4 extra days spent in Santa Cruz.

Happy St Patrick's day today and we're seeing appropriately irish weather. Grey skies and fine drizzle.

Marcel challenged Wolfy for the title of Masterchef in the Whitbread galley. Feeling confident and knowing that something special was required the swiss born Marcel went for a traditional irish recipe - soda bread. After an hour in the galley, the result was brought up and Caz politely said that it would make her grandmother turn in her grave.

Happy birthday's go out to Sam's dad and my mum.

All the best,
Ben