Sorry for the crass title but David just keeps on giving me great ones! During the day with the spinnaker up we are having some great sailing with continuous 13 to 14 knot surfs. The sun just started to come out and we have been gybing this morning around squalls which come through with about 27 knots of wind. The compass in the back is now leaking making that bunk even more miserable but the port one which was a nice one for a while is now getting a steady pour from the chainplate. I have got to the point where I put my feet in plastic bags before putting them in my seaboots and resorted to my drysuit a few days ago. Last night we had a little half way party with what the guys concluded was a great pinot noir. The dinner was a mexican theme which matched the southerly heading – home made chicken tomales. We followed it up with a pound cake given to us by another boat for 1/2 way with canned blackberries in syrup and canned cream.

Olivier told me in all seriousness this morning that he had come up with a great design for new foulweather gear which includes a pump system to dispense monkey butt powder continuously to your arse! We are really in an interesting sport with our topics of conversation. Wayne mentioned that the pucker factor of keeping the spinnaker up in the dark nights was a little bit much. Anyways I am going to stop my blathering and get some sleep as I only have an hour and half left off watch.

Good night!