Monday 22 November 2004

Having spent our first night sailing in the Atlantic, the wind was kind and a decent 10-13 mps. However we didn’t managed to survive the night without minor problems, on a number of occasion we all had to get up to adjust the sails. 24-hour sailing, 170.5 miles

Tuesday 23 November 2004

Around 9AM captain yelled “We have a catch”. We all ran to the deck. We had set a fishing rod in the rear end of the boat and now we had our first catch. Some unlucky creature from the deep. Our prey was a 70-80cm Gold Mackerel, which we knocked out in the traditional manner by feeding it a healthy shot of vodka. We, the predators, settled for a few Heinekens. The day was mainly pleasant, except for the fact one of our sails was too weak for these conditions and ruptured, which is unfortunate as we will lose the advantage later. 24-hour sailing, 173 miles

Wednesday 24 November 2004

In the morning we found we had sailed far towards the south, the temperature was already 24C at 9am. It was a very relaxing day with a wind of only 6-7 mps. The highlight of the day was the dinner, our chef cooked yesterdays mackerel catch. The key to a great dinner was simplicity; fish in the frying pan, bit of oil and pinch of a salt and pepper, Perfect!! 24-hour sailing, 173 miles.