Day 7 - Puerto Mogan - Antigua

A brilliant end to week 1! We had light winds so set the main and cruising chute and ran with that from dawn to sunset. Made ok progress given the wind strengths, but it died at night. Total of 91 miles - not great, and week 1 as a total stands at 734 - we'd best hurry up soon or the '18 - 21 day' typical crossing will be more like 28 days for us!

Whilst it was light we all went swimming! Roo and Kate put harnesses on and tied 40ft ropes to themselves and jumped in - they dragged behind the boat for a while (still doing 2.5 - 3 knots!) before shampooing and then rinsing off on deck with the solar shower. When they were back on board I went for a swim (Kate wanted to go first to wake up the sharks rather than be there when they arrived!). Water was really really warm - incredible, but scary to think there was over 4km of it below you!! The really scary bit was watching how fast your boat moves away from you even at slow speeds - there is a split second where you hope the knot on your harness line is tied properly!!

We got a large flying fish on deck last night - its been cut up this morning and threaded with a hook and is currently over the side - hoping to attract some fish!