Threading water is the name of the day. Last night we had 700 miles to go and as we close the day today still 700 miles ahead of us. The reason for this is that at one o'clock this morning after having downloaded the latest weather data (the low that was approaching us was worsening by the minute) we turned Pointzero bow left 90 degrees. This way we are heading for the back of the low system thus allowing us to take advantage of it rather than facing it and its strong wind and rain. Tomorrow we will know if the tactic worked but I'm sure the extra miles will be well spent.

The rest of the flotilla followed the same course and by this morning everyone was on the same avoiding game. When we talked to each other on the net it was like a group of agitated hens chatting about the farmer being around with a hatchet in his hand. Run 90 miles in total, although we haven't gain anything towards reducing the rest of mileage.