14 Jan: As Glen comes up for his shift at 3am he finds a hula hula girl in the cockpit. Ellie has opened a cheering up present from Oli and she now…

13 Jan: At 6am we complete 1000 nautical miles (1850 Km for our EU readers). 1800 miles to go. Still a long way but at least it finally looks like we are…

12 Jan: Yo land lubbers! Day 6 on the good ship Cloudy Bay and all is well. Good spirits prevail, no one thrown overboard and no sign of scurvy… yet! Infact not…

11-Jan: Another VERY rolly night in 20-30Knt wind. Sometimes CB seems to find a sweet-spot and is both stable and fast, then without rhyme nor reason she starts a horrible resonating roll…

10-Jan: It was a spectacular moonlit night running with the wind that steadily increased to 20+kts, giving us a smooth but somewhat rolly ride at 7-8 kts speed. Ellie and Glen play…

9 Jan: In the night we motor past a sailing yacht also heading west. It’s a bit eerie to see a lone navigation light with no AIS out here. He is clearly…

After an exhilarating sleigh-ride the 1st night, half in pitch-black half moonlit, the dawn greets us with Mars & Jupiter rising next to each other before they disappear into the dawn sky.…

Sunday, 7 Jan: And so finally Cloudy Bay departs Puerto Calero at midday on 7th Jan – Oana’s name-day in Romania. Glen says this will be a name-day we won’t forget where…