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10 weeks at sea. Good moaning! Actually, apart from isolation, same meager, menu daily, miserable toilet and washing facilities, dirty clothes, unwashed hair, damp bed, calloused hands and pimpled bottom, I have nothing to moan about! On the contrary, during the night, Neptune decided to assist after all and gradually my speed increased and the...

Today got better and better after I wrote. Our progress has been quite amazing with a current that I saw curving E this morning establishing itself in E to SE direction at 1,5 k or more! So yesterday’s suggestion of 170 (nearly S) was not far off. We did more than 40 nm in 12...

Day 66, evening. I am glad this day’s rowing is done and I soon will have supper! The N-going current that sent us straight N is spite of wind from W was there for many hours, creating complete havoc to the seas. My sore right bum did not like it all the rolling at all!...

The morning’s bliss lasted til noon, by then it was overcast, wind increasing from SSE and I had to give up rowing and put out the sea anchor… But I did have 24 calm, beautiful hours. Last night when celebrating halfway with the Proseco there was a calm, undulating sea reflecting the nearly full moon...

Day 64, Sunday 17th July. 9 weeks, 63 days, since that windy morning in Manhattan! Still here, struggling on, but enjoying 75% of it. 25% is an unpleasant struggle against the elements when the fog is heavy, wind and waves have scary dimensions, wet and dampness a constant challenge and the body complains: fingers and...

Happy Wedding Anniversary to Diana and myself – 48 fantastic years together! And Happy 8 years Birthday to my grandson Finn in London – a lively, cheerful, fit and happy young boy with everything possible going for him. Have a super day, Finn! It was a calm night except I did not sleep well due...