A fun filled 24 Hours with lots of activity; position reports coupled with David H - keep us focused and motivated - sail for speed, Commander Weather coupled with all other weather sources generally keeps us in the wind - although not always - and you never know what a rain squall may hold - will it be 25Knts or 45 - luckily to date we have had practice in getting the kite down quickly - and then putting it up again as soon as we can.

Crew moral remains high - Nick & Rose are recovering form sleep deprivation , while Phil was given a night off ( 9 hours sleep - lucky him ) but he chose to stay on board ( the nearest cinema been in Mauritania ( next to Senegal - for those who failed geography) - some minor sail damage to a spinnaker ( torn tapes) left us the choice of sticky back sail repair - or doing a proper job - 5 Hours of stitching mostly by the watch who were in their bunks when it tore ( aided by Dee ) - mean as ever we did a "proper job" as the folks in the tot club would say .

We are all getting the hang of getting the kites up and down with the socks - although Adrian did at one stage try to leave the boat without permission - feet first … upwards - a reminder of how lucky we are to be sailing with such an experienced crew .

Rumour has it Nick will help out in the galley - now that he knows where it is ( fascinating contents of the bilges ..)

Minor technical issue to report - we are unable to locate the manuals for the multi media system in the main saloon - thus have had to resort to watching DVD's in our cabins until one of us has the patience to have another go ..

Trucking on 11 Knots ... very comfortable and as ever well feed by Jens!
Yachting World, 29 November 2007