HappyHappyHappy!

We've finally decided what we're doing.
Mike is going to sail across the atlantic alone (what we yotties call 'single-handed' and what you normal people call 'mad')

'the crew'

I'm flying home on Saturday for a few weeks of cold and miserable just so as I appreciate it when I get to the caribbean :)

Mike likes a challenge....

The captain reckons he should do the crossing of a tad under 3,000 miles in about 19 days or less. But he has got enough food for about two months!!! (he loves shopping)

beans, beans and more beans (glad I won't be on board!)

Scabby helps with the provisioning

Everything is getting a good wash and scrub this week and the boat is being tidied up with all our junk being neatly stowed away.

Our satphone (very important)

Mike will phone me every day via satellite phone to basically say he's ok and for me to give him the weather forecast. He also has Falmouth Coastguard on speed-dial !! The boat also carries an emergency GPS positioning beacon known as an EPIRB which activates either manually or when immersed in water. This continually transmits your position to the emergency rescue services when set off.

In other news.....
Alan and companion on 'Life O'Reilly' have reached the Cape Verde Islands (about 800 miles south of here) where they have gone in for repairs to their steering. Mike may beat them to the caribbean yet!!