The weather has changed considerably over the past 24 hours and we've gone from having 30 knots of wind to almost nothing! We had a great sail during the night as the winds decreased to a steady 15 knots and we made great time as we also have a 2 knot current with us. This evening however, the wind has dropped off completely and we finally had to give in and start the engine. Although it's painful to have to burn fuel I have to admit it's a relief to finally get flat calm seas and be able to function normally again. Everything that had flown out of cupboards and off shelves has been put back in place and the boat no longer looks like a battle field! We're looking forward to being able to keep regular 3 hour watches tonight so we can catch up on sleep and make water while we motor to refill the tanks.
Tomorrow we have to break out the fishing rods and start catching some food as we used the last of our fresh meat today. It's been too rough to try before so we're really looking forward to feasting on fresh fish especially as we haven't caught anything since Australia due to the over fishing in Asia...lets just hope we get lucky!
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