18.03.08 12.00hrs
We all stay up to enjoy surfing down the waves at 9-10 knots from sunset and into the evening. It’s almost a full moon now . We’re all in party mode, no-one wants to go to bed and we enjoy our sundowners to music, the full crew singing and even having a wee dance in the cockpit! Night watches are uneventful; the wind drops a little in the night but we’re full steam ahead again in the morning. Happy birthday Stewy! We wake up to have a bucks fizz breakfast, and also celebrate passing the half way mark. Stewy cooks us a mega breakfast – the works! About 11.30 am , we hear a crash, bang , wallop ! – the auto-helm has switched to standby, causing us to broach – this happens every so often and we’ve no idea why.After our partying and celebrating we’re all a bit slow and stop today , think we’ll all have to catch up on a bit sleep!
We’ve now 1400 miles to go, cruising at 8-9 knots with 17 knots of wind, COG 262’.
Miles in last 24 hrs ; 195