19 July 2011

You'd think there weren't that many places to hide on a boat. And you'd be right. However, that didn't stop us from having fun for an hour or so, with more unusual hiding places being up Whit's t- shirt (Lochy) and in the sink (mum.) It's been another slightly tiring day of higher winds in the 30s and school wok has been put on the back burner, though Mia has now officially finished her maths curriculum for the year. The diaries that we started when we left Jersey are now almost full showing that we left Jersey nearly a year ago. I can't believe that we have maintained them daily for a whole year. Blood sweat and tears, but they're done! I forgot to mention we caught another fish yesterday - skipjack tuna. Well, I didn't forget, I just didn't know how to say it in French! We've been sailing for 2 weeks now. All the other boats we were in radio contact with have now made landfall, having left a week before us. We have a little over 1000 miles left to go. Oh, I forgot to mention, Mark fixed the duogen today. There is one piece that keeps breaking. We got it fixed in Panama but it broke again. Luckily he can bolt the offending bit together. We've actually been really pleased with the duogen generally, so we miss it when it's not working. I hope we can get a replacement bit on warranty. Curr post: 07.29S 122.16W