A difficult night with the kite up and a lumpy, not-quite-following sea making helming and kite trimming challenging on the faster surfs and mini round ]-ups. The galley continues to deliver some excellent food from our Victualler's imaginative meal plan and the watch systems seem to have been settling down nicely.

We are exercising halyards (we have two attached to our kite) regularly, to reduce chafe, and whilst making good speed, we are finding it hard to stay as deep as Zhuhai and GotoBermuda. We are sailing faster but sailing more miles. That said, it's an excellent, if sometimes precarious opportunity, to coach our ever improving helms at night in a Force 5+ in a decent (or indecent) sea state. This will be a longer watch as we put boat time back an hour today and operate on UTC for a while.

Must go now, either Dan or I need to be alongside the helm to keep us on the straight and narrow (ish). Fishing boats with no lights have thinned out and radar watch may even be retired soon. The mark one eyeball remains our number one watch aid. Important at all times but critical as the days become shorter and we head south towards Cape Verde and the Doldrums.

All the best,

Mark, Dan, and the guys and girls on WTC Logistics