It was a hard days sailing yesterday with wind hard on the nose, gusts 35 plus and quite a bit of rain. Motoring didn't help in those conditions. Then at 10pm there was a big squall with change of wind direction, and suddenly the front had passed us and we had a great sail all night with 15 - 20 knots from the west. It was interesting seeing the front on the radar; a long line of solid cloud stretching diagonally across the 24 mile screen; from the boat it looked like a wall.
As expected, this morning the wind has dropped right down so we are motoring now, and these conditions could last until we arrive as we are in a large high pressure zone. We were 45 miles off course last night, but are now converging and have 233 miles to go.
All is well on board, the wahoo was delicious cooked in butter with lemon juice from a fellow cruiser's mum's lemon tree. No real problems with the boat except that the water pump suddenly stopped working. Luckily we have another tap and pump which used to be a salt water pump, but G. had attached it to the fresh supply. Unfortunately the water from the hot water tank isn't accessible, and until the sea gets really calm it's difficult to get the the pump.
Position at 22.00 GMT 23 23.398 S and 169 45.741 E
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