At 1825hrs the boat’s position is reported as 26deg09minsN 019deg09minsW. The parachute anchor has been out for two days solid now. Last night the wind was blowing in excess of 25 knots with waves coming over the boat, rolling around all over the place. Anthony says he feels like he is stuck in a washing machine on a cold wash!!! The rudder was making some groaning noises but, in these weather conditions, Anthony says he feels lucky that it is still attached to the boat. There was no sleep last night, listening to the ipod is about all that can be done to pass the time. Anthony managed to cook up some rice with chopped tomatoes but, half way through that meal, a wave broke over the boat and completely soaked him and his food. He tells me he carried on eating it anyway (waste not want not). There was no rowing again today with all the wind and waves in the wrong direction, hopefully the parachute is slowing down the rate of drift. Time passes very slowly when there is not much to do. Anthony saw two ships today. The first at 1045, was a cargo ship, “The Arneborg” bound for Flushing and, the second, at 1604, “The Madrid Spirit”, a tanker heading North. It rained a lot today, but in the afternoon the skies lightened to allow some blue sky and sunshine to peek through.
BW (Land based co-ordinator).

Nice and calm in the Marina.