Well that was quite a start line with more than 100 boats. Some left early, cheats! There is a prize for the best dressed boat crossing the start line, and as we had done a last minute bit of laundry that morning we contemplated festooning the rigging with undies. However in the end just put the bunting flags up - very few people did anything so we are in with a chance.
As it is a 4-day trip we decided not to motor unless really uncomfortable; consequently we landed up near the back of the fleet. Didn't matter (except to our moral) as on the whole we have had good winds and are now in the middle of the pack with many people slowing down as they don't want to arrive in the dark. It is likely that we will arrive in the dark too, but are waiting until tomorrow morning to see how far we have still to go.
So our position is 11 19.568 and 126 14.496 at 16.00 25th July. One small albacor tuna in the frig. Hardly anyone in sight, amazing how they all spread out. G talked to a (British) tanker last night who was having a job wending his way across with all the blobs on his radar. He didn't know what was going on!
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