It doesn’t look clean like this now!

Last night the sky finally cleared and we had a beautiful starry night making it easier to drive using the stars instead of looking at instruments. With beautiful sunny skies and a few puffs of clouds the mood on the boat is much lifted.

We went from 1st in division to 2nd overnight but how can you compete against 25+ more feet of waterline length when reaching. The colbalt blue seas have little wind waves on top of long ocean swells which make surfing possible. We have had the blast reacher up now for over 24 hours – Slyvain at UK did a beautiful job designing the sail.

Another of todays victories is Olivier unblocking the head which was out of use and as it was under so much pressure no one wanted to be at the receiving end of a brown geyser! The sailing is truly spectacular and yesterday David saw another whale diving in the sunset. All we need now is a full moon to light up the night sky. The food continues to amaze with a mouthwatering beef stew which melted in the mouth and last night a seafood chowder. The solar panel is now working wonders charging the battery so we only need to charge one hour per day in stark contrast to Myles and I having to charge every 4 hours on RBI.