Day 5, we continue to stay as North as we can given the winds. But we are gradually heading South. Today we will pass 30 degrees west so a time change will be in order! The loser on board will have an extra period on their shift :-). Two major events today and one minor.
The biggest blow is we have a blocked heads, so we will be drawing straws today to see who has the pleasure of the cleaning them!!! Not a major issue as we do have two more to play with.
Next, the 2nd reef chafed through in the night, but again easily solved with a soft shackle. Minor inconvenience that we can't reef from the helm anymore.
Last of all, the electronics have started to play games with us, cutting in and out. Again a minor convenience as we have plenty of back ups. But very frustrating!
Last night we came within a few hundred meters of a 300 meter container ship, quite a sight, and an opportunity to chat to someone about their intentions. Their intention was to keep going...so, fair enough!!
Curry again for tea, Beef today, using the last of the fresh chillies (Jon as Chef)...thank goodness as the atmosphere on board has got pretty feisty....
Hopefully fair winds again today. We are making 8 - 9 knots on the beam. Forecast puts it astern by Monday so we are still waiting to get the Parasailor out!
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