After a grey start to Saturday, the sun came out and the clouds cleared to give us a beautiful day reaching towards Africa in 20 knots of breeze.
Routines progressed smoothly throughout the day, and in the evening, we were treated to chicken in hoisin sauce with noodles, followed by mango for duff.
The night was spectacularly bright and the clearest I've seen the stars in a long time, then at about midnight local came Simon Rowell's predicted wind, increasing to 35 knots. Reef 2 was smartly tucked in and the Staysail dropped to leave us with just the Yankee 3 up for'ard. A comfortable sail plan, chunking us along at a steady eleven knots and more on the surfs.
So, the banana suits have started to make an appearance on deck as it has become wetter and colder. I'm suddenly reminded of my old sailing mentor, Jules Yeardley, who advised me to never sail north or south of 25 degrees from the equator (wise words Jules).
So, the forecast winds look fair for the next six days with the possibility of a wind hole rearing its ugly head towards the end of our Elliot Brown Ocean Sprint.
Gertrude has taken to spending more time in the laz now due to the wetter, colder conditions. If anyone out there would like to make a chicken size banana suit for her I'm sure she'd be extremely grateful!!
Stay safe,
PSP Logistics xx