Day 5 - Happy New Year
Position 1830 1 January 2006 1830 GMT 21 degrees 44 mins North 22 degrees 36 mins West. Only 2230.4 nautical miles to go. The New Year arrived for us in cheesy style with Ocho Queso Pizza (because 4 cheeses is never enough to give you nightmares)and half a bottle of cheap Cava - both gave us indigestion all night but we had a fun time sitting out in the middle of the ocean on a beautiful night, before going back to our watches. Today has been hot and sunny all day and we've been back in our shorts again for the first time since we left. It appears that tropical storm Zeta will move North West away from us and so we have started our turn West towards the Caribbean. We are not sure if it's the effect of the change in course or it's just today but the rolling as a result of cross swell has been driving us crazy. The boat is constantly rolling side to side at over 30 degrees. This makes any small task a complete episode even sitting or sleeping let alone making a cup of tea or carrying out a sail adjustment! Our friends, Hugh, Heather and David on Argonauta 1 look set to leave the Cape Verdes in a couple of days so should not be far behind us as we go across. Our other good friends Elaine and John on Goolka, Bob and Talara on Imaginess and Sandy, Joan and Tom on Zeferyn are all set to leave Las Palmas this week so we will be in good company. We all have an informal chit chat every morning on the radio which is really great. We are waiting to hear how Jo and Tim from Rose Rambler are doing with their engine problem in Gomera and hope you'll be on your way soon guys, if not already. When we checked in with the net this morning we heard a yacht just over 70 miles away from us. We have seen no ships or yachts in the last couple of days just us and the ocean so on we go.
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