125 miles run in the last 24 hours. Not a very nice night last night. We had a line of squalls that lasted hours, and big seas that turned the boat off course so Henry needed constant attention. The alternative would have been to use the autopilot which uses lots of power and also may have had trouble holding a course in those conditions. Going off course could have meant taking the waves beam-on, not a nice thought. As it was we had several saltwater 'showers' in the cockpit so had to keep full waterproof gear on whilst on watch, very uncomfortable as the temperature is now around 25C at night.

Can't imagine why some yachties describe crossing the Atlantic as 'the milk run'! Maybe they have huge yachts and lots of crew to help out.

Our GPS tells us that at some point during the night our maximum speed was 15.9 knots! It must've been whilst 'riding along on the crest of a wave!'. Things finally improved this afternoon as forecast and now we still have a big swell but less wind so we're sailing comfortably again.

Early yesterday we passed into another time zone so now UT-2. We use UT on board but will have to start adjusting our mealtimes as the daylight hours fall behind Europe. I had a thought today - when we arrive we'll be 4 hours behind the UK; will we suffer from boat-lag??