Sunday means another week gone, another week closer to that warm sunshine and, in the more immediate term, time to open another barrel of hot chocolate (18 raucous cheers). We usually run out by Thursday as we have rationed ourselves to a weekly allowance to avoid plunging into no-hot-chocolate despair before this ordeal is over. Other news on deck today includes sightings of large swathes of kelp - pretty boring you might think, but not so for the land-hungry would-be circumnavigator. The kelp must have come, we reason, from those elusive islands we keep rabbitting on about - we are nearly at Waypoint Bravo! Admittedly it has been the longest week in the history of the world but after tomorrow it will truly be the beginning of the end. Last night saw a particularly vicious sea putting the on-watch to the test as they changed for the umpteenth time to the storm staysail and this morning there are tired arms all round on the part of the foredeck team. On Olly's watch this now includes BP crew Warren, who has swapped watches with Alaska Joe so that they can both get to know the entire crew and hopefully egg us along with some new jokes.
Here on BP Explorer we wonder what our friends and family are seeing back at home on the website. If you are seeing our position in relation to Waypoint Bravo then you will be under the impression that we have lost our lead. On the computer in front of me, however, we are measuring our progress against the more meaningful distance to Cape Town and with this as our yardstick, we are still in the lead - so never fear! We have, however, had a somewhat slow six hours and have lost some ground, so we are really having to pull our finger out to hold on to that top spot as we begin the final fortnight's push.
Naomi Cudmore
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