Sorry for the silence the last couple of days we seemed to have no satellite coverage.

So there is still no wind, we had very little in the last few days with some motor sailing but mostly just motoring.

We were talking on the radio to a large classic style schooner this morning and his weather software was predicting 15-20nots northeasterly (tradewinds!!) due on the 27-28th which he was happy about as he was running his engine on fumes. He’s not the only one, Concerto is supposed to have a 1500nm range under engine. We have managed to eek that out to around 1600 and still have about 600litres left, around 350nm or so.

The weather just gets hotter and hotter with temperatures inside the yacht of around 35-39 degrees depending how close you are to the engine room. The freezer has died as its water pump appears to have split its housing and I don’t have a spare. So we’re eating the contents over the next day or so, rather frustrating!

Fishing is still going well with us getting at least one on deck everyday. Yesterday I landed a good sized Wahoo after quite a fight, we put him back as we still had plenty of Tuna left. Today Rob hooked a Mahi Mahi for too large for the small rod and reel. Somehow he managed to persuade it to the surface and get it on board for the obligatory pictures before it went back, not before managing to bite Rob!

We also had a fantastic swim today, lots of flying fish around!

Fingers crossed for more wind tomorrow, we really deserve it now!

Gordon