Position 14.97,-27.95 at 08:32 GMT 1914 miles to go. ETA at 5 knots 04:22 17th Dec Local time. Wind eased back a tad to ENE 4 Cruise liner Costa Romantica passed 2 miles astern in the middle of the night. You could see this one for miles as it lit up the scattered low clouds! It is on route for Espadarte which I presume is somewhere in Brazil from her course. This what the doctor ordered. Pleasant temperatures, easy sea, and odd jobs like a squirt of silicone spray in wind pilot to stop a squeak. Still the occasional birds - storm petrels and shearwaters. Plenty of flying fish and fish showing on the echo sounder as well. David