Good morning all!

It feels like yesterday was an uneventful day onboard. I spent a lot of time in my bunk the night previous and was well rested. When a rain squall came through the idea hit me to have a natural shower in what was a hefty downpour. I had managed to find shower gel, strip to my underpants (and lifejacket) and I made it out to the companionway lathered up, towel in hand, only for the rain to stop. So, instead I had a saltwater wash using a bucket off the back of the boat, followed by a 1 litre freshwater rise from my water bottle.

Once I was clean the team agreed to clean the galley and saloon area. It was a good opportunity for a galley stocktake and I am pleased to announce that we found some powdered milk, honey and peanut butter... all luxury items at this stage!

In the afternoon, we changed Yankee sails and I am pleased to say this went well. We have now settled into night watches and Starboard Watch have the deck. At watch change I saw a shooting star and Jock Richardson was showing us the pointers to the Southern Cross. It is a beautiful evening and there are a lot of stars visible. A half-moon will rise later and I hope the clouds stay away so we can enjoy it all.

Big shout out to my nephew, Kieran (king of splashes), whose birthday was yesterday and his mammy Ruth, whose birthday is tomorrow!

Conall