During the forenoon watch, the team spotted two Orca whales close by!! We are doing our very best to avoid them as I write!!
The sky is again blue and the wind steady at 20 knots, we are now chunking along at 11 knots or so in an east-southeast direction with a 2,611 nautical mile to run to Cape Town.
A delicious chicken curry cooked by Maggie Tsai and Charles Allister followed by tinned pears for duff.
Another quiet night with stars out again to guide the team towards Cape Town, another three days should see us at the halfway point.
It looks like the lead pack are within a day or two of the finish and all still very tight up there, it must be nail biting back at home watching the Race Viewer.
Also, the first wave of our wonderful support team has arrived in Cape Town to set up for the arrival of the fleet, I believe they even sacrificed some precious down time last night to check out the bars and restaurants on our behalf. They are so very good to us :)
Dictionary part 2
Chunking along – moving at a satisfactory pace towards one's destination
Difficulty – A word unknown to true salts
True salts – experienced seafarers (helps to convince people if you have a big grey or white beard to compliment your Breton cap)
Breton cap – a hat worn by true salts. Of French origin. Compliments big grey or white beards.
Lawn mower – A device for mowing one's grass., can be used to substitute an umbrella on a ship. Again, equally as useless at sea.
Stay safe
PSP Logistics xx