One more night?

Dear all,

One more night to go before we arrive in Rodrigues. We currently have 139nm
to go, so we should be arriving around late morning tomorrow (at this
speed), however the wind always seems to decrease in the night. When we
reach 120nm to go in day light we know we'll be able to get in tomorrow!!
Current weather is 20-25 knots of wind from the ESE, slight to moderate sea
and sunny blue sky. Without sun glasses the brightness hurts your eyes.
We will be +4 hours ahead of the UK when we reach Rodrigues, so we are
getting back to a sensible time zone - which seems to have happened really
quickly.

We hope everyone at home is well,
Lots of love,
Ocean Lady

Still Going!!

Dear all,
We are still going making good progress, the sun is out, but still a strong
wind - from a favourable direction.
Yesterday we had a treat of Soda bread and Lemon drizzle cake courtesy of
Laura's cooking day.

Love Ocean Lady

Better weather!

Dear all,

We have had better weather, still fairly windy, but sunny clear skies,
allowing jobs to be done and clothes to be aired out. We have even managed
to have a shower!

Counting down the days now - and number of double shift night watches left!

Hope everybody at home is well,
Love Stu and Laura xxx

Still Lively!

Dear all,

Its still lively on board, but the skies are clear from rain clouds which
makes all the difference. We are making good progress and battling on. Food
only comes up in bowls! All the hatches are shut and the wash boards in.
725 nm to go, which should put us in later this week. Oh for a toilet and a
bed that doesn't move!

Love Ocean Lady

Over half way

Dear all,
We are making good progress with less than 890nm to go. Conditions are
lively with strong easterlies force 7-8.

Love Ocean Lady

Good progress

Dear all,

We are making good progress towards Rodrigues, the weather has abated and
conditions onboard are much kinder. Laura is on cook duty today and a lovely
cottage pie is waiting in the oven - just one more hour!!!

Love Ocean Lady x

Passage across the Indian Ocean

Dear all,

We are having an eventful passage across from Cocos. The wind has been
favourable, but the past 24 hours have been 25-30 knots on the beam. The
windows have been shut and it is very stuffy down below. The cockpit has had
a couple of rogue waves jump into it!

A couple of days ago we had autopilot problems and we were looking at having
to hand steer to Rodrigues - this wasn't a nice thought, and fortunately in
Al's chandlery we have fixed the problem.

We are making good progress and have less than 1300 nm to go!

Hope all is well at home,

Lots of love,
Ocean Lady