Well we started anyway. It is 2700 Nautical Miles from here to Barbados and we hope to make it in less than twenty days. WE are now at 23deg 59'N 17deg 34'W.

The weather is looking good for the next seven and the trades seem to be reasonably steady so we are going. We have changed crew, Mark and Priscilla have decided to stay on and see some of the island and with the number of people looking for berths it as not long before we found Bernie, a German physicist on holidays with numerous passages under his belt.

I will try and blog from sea but who knows if it will work - so don´t worry if you don´t here from us - Where II will not go glug glug.

Happy New Year

Karen and Matt