So its the end of day two and we have picked up some good breeze after motoring for 9 hours last night. We must have been averaging 6-7 knots with the genoa poled out and the windvane weaving us through the waves. Both Adrian and I are feeling a lot better today. We have both been nibbling food and snacks all day but finally had a proper meal tonight. Little else to report apart from we appear to have broken one of the horns off our goose neck reefing position. I guess it must have folded down and been caught between the mast and boom when we eased the main sail. Anyway I have an idea for a repair for that one on standby as the other remaining horn isn't far off falling off too as it relies on the one that is missing to hold it in place.

So that's about it for today. Tomorrow we hope to reach the quarter way point and also the less than a 1000 miles to go point. I have learnt from the Bermuda Azores trip that it is important to have these intermediate mile stones.

The temperature is definitely dropping and the weather becoming more variable as we head North East. This evening the air temperature is 22 degrees and I guess it will continue to drop over night. The sea temperature is still continuing to decrease to.

So that's it good night and we'll write more tomorrow.

Will, Adrian and Elmarleen