Day 3 -"Happy Mondays - I'm a believer"

Another beautiful sunset, 80"s dance music, a banquet of mustard pork and mash washed down with desalinated water with a hint of lime.

With lighter winds forecast than on our voyage so far, down to 17 knots we kept the kite up, which in all its splendor steadily pulled through the night at an average 10 knots towards our final destination; rum, sand, sea and a refreshing shower!

We are now narrowing the gap, at 18 miles yesterday, with our nemisis Isis, due to them having a mishap with their main sail and broke their pole. We are now just 11 miles behind.

At 10:14 this morning our position was 16.53N 031.53W just 1700 miles to go!

Everyone is settling down to the routine, the shift pattern is working well, and although extremely hot everyone is starting to sleep well.

The days mainly work around the task of drinking tea, cooking, sunbathing and eating, which everyone seems to manage with ease.

Last night we had our first sighting of dolphins, who kindly put on a spectacular show lit up with the phospherescence in our bow waves. After another late invasion of flying fish we went through some rain and a bit of a bumpy ride as the wind decided which direction it wanted to come from.

After three days, we decided it was wash day, so with the fire hose on deck we all showered under the early morning sun, even those who did not need (want) it. The air seems surprisingly fresher again today.

Mr Maxey showed great excitement after finding a new potential career, the heads have never looked so clean.

As we write this blog (1600hrs Monday), we just caught two Dorados, we think they were attracted by the rave music blarring out of the deck speakers.

Everyone is well, in very high spirits and just loving the experience.

I'd like to make a special 'love and miss you' to our children Kayleigh, Luke and Tom - see you soon.

Julian, Alita and the crew of the The Spirit of Minerva.