I have just received a quick call from Anthony on his sat phone. He reports his position as 26deg39minsN 19deg07minsW.

The sea state has calmed down now and the wind speed dropped a little, and also in the right direction. The concern now is for sunshine. As I have mentioned before, all the instruments, lights, communications and water making facilities rely on a good amount of sunshine to power up the batteries. Up until now there has been precious little. Anthony managed to row all day yesterday stopping at 22 30hrs. Earlier on he spotted a Tanker on the horizon he, managed to contact it on the radio and had a chat with the skipper the name of the ship was The Ocean Cobalt. Anthony reports that his hands have toughened up now the blisters have hardened but his backside is “——- red raw!!!!!

Ready to go

So far as food goes still not cooked or reheated much as yet but the dry ratios are fine. Lets all hope for some sunshine in the North Atlantic A.S.A.P.   BW (Land based co ordinator)