It's been a very active 24 hours on Zephyr. All kicked off yesterday morning when Micky called a crew meeting. We sat around the table waiting to hear what dire news he had for us. Turns out we're running low on puddings and we needed to urgently plan how best to use the remaining ice cream, whipped cream and canned lychees...

Lunch (confit de canard with roast potatoes) was planned as soon as Head of Puddings (HoP) was satisfied with future resource allocation. That sorted, places were set and we waited at the table in quiet anticipation of another good meal when one, and then the other, fishing lines screamed out. We hit the jackpot - a couple of huge big eye tuna. One of the best eating fish in the sea. After a massive struggle we released the big one, which Harry described quite accurately as whale sized, and we kept the smaller 60lb one. Last night tuna ceviche was followed by a tuna curry. Looks like every meal until we arrive will have a tuna component, except for the puddings that is. Or so we have been assured by HoP.

And then the sailing... In anticipation of the weather ahead we'd gone a little north of east and in the process we enjoyed a blissful 72 hours of spinnaker sailing punctuated with the odd spell of motoring when the winds were too light. That all changed yesterday afternoon when the forecasted wind shift and reinforced NE winds winds blew in accompanied by heavy rain. We're currently just laying Madeira with 2 reefs in the main and 28 knots over the deck. Poor Porge - not a day to be in the galley...

If all goes to plan, ETA Thurs am.