5 / 2 / 2011

POS: 22d 44'S, 35d 56'W

Me2Me is back up to being one of the fastest moving nations on the planet. Literally. We have left the pace of tectonic drift & are now cruising east at a whopping 7-8 knots in 15 knots of Breeze.Rather spifing.

Thanks for all the enthusiastic comments guys! It really helped us get through the quiet times, particularly since the baking heat just made everyone grumpy :-(

So we're within 3 odd days of Rio de Janiero & just in time too as the thin line of sanity seems to be taking strain out here. We're a little worried about Andre who seems convinced that every small, fluffy, cumulus

cloud is out there to rain on him. Every time he comes up on deck he tentatively pokes his head, scanning for condensation awaiting ambush. His paranoia does have some anecdotal support; of the past four rain squalls

we've been caught in three have been during his watch & for the other well we decided to call him up to drop the sails anyway. His reasoning is that they are after his swanky, multi-coloured, leather sailing shoes & quite

frankly we don't blame them.

Well I am afraid Dirty Dorris is being a little emotional again, despite Skipper D's kindest affections. So power is a little low & this one's going to have to be a shortie. We're probably down to our last 2/3 entries

in the next few days so keep an eye on our humble proceedings.