This is a pic of our E80 Chartplotter that provides all our navigational information. This is also the system that provides the radar. In the top left is our current position. Depth is shown on a differrent system so we ignore that item. COG or Course over Ground shows our current course and SOG means Speed over Ground. So, here we're travelling at 6.5 knots. The box with the cross is the waypoint that we're aiming for and we input that position when we left San Salvador. The boat symbol is Meander's actual position at the time the pic was taken, so you can see we're over halfway there. We knew that this morning's calm conditions and flat seas wouldn't last and we were happy about it. We didn't want to be motoring indefinitely and knew from Herb and Chris's reports that the gale force winds hitting Bermuda today to our north would spin off some decent winds and seas to us, just south of Bermuda. AND in the right direction this time. We were ready to knock over some miles and get closer to our destination so we're looking for some good winds at our backs. We've travelled 126 miles since yesterday.We knew we wouldn't make it in by Sunday afternoon and we didn't want to come in at night. So we're aiming for Monday and we'll deal with whatever conditions are ahead of us. This afternoon the change came through, the jib and mainsail went up and the motors went off. Meander was averaging 6.6 knots in 18-22 knot winds with 10-12 foot seas and handled it like it was a doddle. More amazingly, so did the crew. It's the first time we've tested out the autopilot in these conditions and it worked brilliantly pulling Meander back on course after she'd surfed down the face of the waves. She was clocked at 10 knots down one of the waves this afternoon - not sure we want to be doing that all the time. These really are the conditions she's built for. Ray and I are well and truly in a rhythm with the watches now. Ray's set up an alarm system where he sleeps for 15 minutes at a time and wakes to do spot checks. The radar is set to alarm if anything enters our safety zone and I take over for 2-4 hour stints as required or he wakes me if he needs help radio-ing passing ships or changing the rig. It's not ideal but not a bad set up for our first trip.