Day 7 / 8
Position 4 January 2006 1045 GMT 20 degrees 13 mins North 28 degrees 38 mins West. Only 1885.5 nautical miles to go. Just been so busy didn't get a chance to update last night - not sure what we've been doing but the days just fly by. All is still going really well, we had another record 24 hours yesterday and logged 133 nautical miles. It was really hot yesterday so we did spend some time enjoying the sun and just watching the amazing ocean. We have now rigged our two foresails poled out on each side of the boat to make the most of the wind coming directly behind us and the set up is working really well (Heath & Mary thanks for the advice). I managed to reef both sails on my own in the dark in just a few mins when a brief squall came through last night. We were very excited to find our first flying fish on the deck this morning - he wasn't big enough to eat unfortunately but he had a gorgeous deep purple/blue skin. I hope this might encourage Andrew to get his fishing rod out and catch me that tuna he's been promising since Hawaii. We should reach 20N/30W later today which is the traditional trade wind route turning point towards the landfall destination (supposedly where the butter melts but we're keeping ours`safely in the fridge) - this is a big milestone for us. Argonauta 1 left the Cape Verdes this-morning so are about 180 miles east of us hot on our tails. As I type this Andrew is making a cup of tea - it is hilarious to watch him in the galley with the swell - only 1 minor scald to report!
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