We were officially halfway finally and we're going to crack a bottle of champagne tonight. Several of the other boats in proximity to us also picked up some wind and Sojourn has made some ground and is not that far away from us now. Maybe we can raft up in the middle of the Atlantic for Christmas! Probably not given the forecast is that the tradewinds will continue to build for the next few days and hopefully we'll have a faster ride from here.We've travelled about 90 nautical miles in the past 24 hours. We heard from the other boats back in Las Palmas who have been waiting to leave and they are now stuck in the Canaries until Boxing Day because of the bizaare weather conditions at the moment. We feel fortunate we got away when we did. We lost the magic lure today. Something big with sharp teeth took it based on the bite marks left in the line around the sinker. Argonaut have landed two huge Mahi Mahi's a metre long each. Tosca on the other hand haven't caught a thing so far. Theychanged their lure yesterday to something that looks squid-like and caught a huge Mahi Mahi. They were so excited and as it got close to the boat it rose up and broke the hook. They were 'gutted' as Ashley put it in her pommy accent. So here's hoping they were luckier today.We saw a third boat in 2 days on the horizon yesterday. Turned out to be another French flagged boat called Alleande. We had a brief chat on the VHF and paced each other throughout the night but this morning we motor-sailed to charge the batteries and left them in the distance.