The Atlantic, day 12

Distance: 122nm

Slept like a baby, well until 4am when Lea was shaking my arm. Time for two hours steering.
I'm getting familiar and confident with sailing with sails. Watching the compass, the wind index, and watching for other ships.
Last night Tonny had to change curse to avoid collision with a big ship. No drama, but still crazy after two days without seeing any ships at all.

Henning and I have a window in the roof of our cabin. We can open it, but it's risky. We risk a big slash of salt water in our beds. Has happened twice already, so the window is permanently closed now. At least until we reach calmer seas.
Luckily the temperature is dropping at night - this night we had 24 degrees in the saloon. The coldest in a long time.

Racing forward all day. Between 5 and 6 knots all day. The waves are getting bigger as we are about to leave the Saragasso sea.
At 5pm Bjarke and I changed the front sail to a smaller one. We were doing close to 7 knots, and it was a little to quick for sailing at night.
A little action packed manoeuvre with splashes on deck and wind in the sails. Good fun.