Position 14.34,-52.22 at 10:03 GMT 504 miles to go.  ETA at 5kn 12:03 (midday) 15th Dec Wind E 5. Two boats in sight most of yesterday and a few more on the radio close by.  T Rex is an ARC boat and he is catching fish like the dorado with his 5 inch lure system. […]

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Position 14.38,-49.58 at 10:02 GMT 658 miles to go.  ETA at 5 knots 18:42 15th Dec. Wind E force 5/6 Yesterday we couldn’t quite summon up the energy to do anything significant.  It was hot and Giselle was going plenty well enough under main and jib.  So we changed the boat time.  Now at GMT-3. […]

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Position 14.27,-46.91 at 08:39 GMT 813 miles to go. ETA at 5 kn 00:24 16th Dec. Wind NE 5. Lighter winds yesterday and we had up the reacher. The previous owner had added “bloudy” in front of the word reacher on the bag. Not her favourite sail! It is a masthead 170% overlap light genoa. […]

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Position 14.33,-44.45. 957 miles togo. ETA 05:11 16th Dec at 5kn. Wind NNE 4. We started the day motoring which means there is any amount of fresh water from the water maker. The boat, crew and clothes got a good clean! Salt crystals build up fast around the boat making everything sticky so great to […]

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Position 14.20,-42.12.  1093 miles to go. Just Halfway. ETA at 5kn 08:20 16th Dec Wind now Force 1 from south. By staying in the cloudy trough area yesterday we managed to keep 15-20knots of wind all day, rather than the 5 knot from the wider weather forecast.  The penalty was finally getting “convective squalls” as […]

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Position 14.84,-39.62. 1237 miles togo ETA at 5 kn 12:58 16th Dec. Wind E 4. Still good speeds, no light winds yet. We are well past the 1/4 and the 1/3 distance milestones and should reach the halfway one tomorrow. Eaten the last of the fresh fruit from Cape Verde but still got some fresh […]

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Position 15.2,-37.22 at 08:53 GMT. 1376 miles to Martinique. ETA 17:01 16th Dec at 5 knots. We are amongst some ARC boats. We could we the Nav lights of one all night and another on the AIS about 10 miles North. More heard on the radio which must be within about 20 miles. The weather […]

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Position 15.31,-34.45 at 08:14 GMT 1536 miles to Martinique. ETA at 5 knots 00:29 17th Dec. Wind ESE 4/5 Wind held up very well and the sea has been reasonably smooth so good progress. Average just above 6 knots and not much current in that number. We put effort into keeping the boat going fast […]

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Position 14.71,-31.93 at 08:12 GMT Wind ESE 3. ETA at 5 knots 06:01 17th Dec. 1684 miles to go. Up till now we have had some cloud cover and some wind. Yesterday there was little of either so it was really hot on the boat. Sea is 27’C so no cooling from there either. Pause […]

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Position 14.72,-30.02 at 08:49 GMT Wind ESE 7-10 knots 1795 miles to go. ETA at 5 knots 04:47 17th Dec local time. You know when you have children in a car on long journeys you make up things for them to do to keep them from “are we nearly there yet?”. Today’s game is spot […]

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