Looks like the squalls are over. The last one gave us a resounding goodbye at 40 kts just as we were doing our ablutions. We were heavily reefed so all we could do was point th nose dead downwind and hope. We are now going better, without these sudden gusts, in steadier 20 to 25kts of wind. Position as of 07:30 local time (18:30 GMT) is 19deg 50.21 min S and 167deg 23.36 min W. It has been too rough even to think about fishing so it is bully beef tonight.
In spite of the above all is well on board both with boat and us. A few hiccups - I left the cabin window open on 'ventilation' and got half a wave in all over starboard bunk, books, and even inside a cupboard. Also we had been given about a dozen loose bananas, and with the rolling of the boat they mashed themselves up and dribbled over the veg. rack onto all the other veg, onto the carpet, and down into the underfloor lockers. Someone on the dock asked me the other day what we did with our time while on passage........
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