Well it's six weeks now and still on the go. Pressing on although yesterday and today have been quite good as far as the daily distances go. We have the wind from the west pushing side ways in right direction for a change.

Earlier we had a picture of Mark displaying his culinary skills. Mark is quite a dab hand at the art of chopping and dicing. Wielding a kitchen knife onions and such like are soon pan ready. With the flaying kitchen knife he produced some super cole-slaws. my favorite salad! Alas the carrots have long since expired, the mayonnaise jar dried up leaving only some cabbage behind. The last of the "greens", albeit some=what bleak and faded. Not to be beaten Mark chop-chop-chopped and with the resources of Kikkoman and trusty olives we have relished in our very own style salad. Sadly there is now only one serving left before it too is a memory.

Another favorite of mine is the freshly caught fish that tastes so different when eaten soon after being caught. Hence my picture with the fine tuna thankfully received as a birthday present. Mark is not fond of fish and I do not wish to catch and kill just for the sake of it so the lures have been put away for this trip. We have enough in the freezer to get us to our destination.

Third member of the crew is Troye, the young one. Take note girls! No sooner than we had departed Cape Town and his shirt was off and out came the tanning oil for the adonis body. Remarkably here in the North Atlantic, still trying to shed its winter chill, he has taken to hiding in his hoody. Hence the picture without the tanned body.

Much has been said about the sunsets but in order to have a sunset there has to be a sunrise. These can also be spectacular. A few days ago when struggling with our zig-zag course the boat was heading east whilst I was on the early am watch. The sun rose right ahead of me directly in our path. A memorable sight shared with you all via the picture.

Shaun, who is managing the blog, advises of the many readers. On telling Troye of this he responded "So we are not alone out here." I hope you are all enjoying our voyage with us.

The coordinates are correct, just a marvellous coincidence.

Cheers Tom and Crew