We have just finished our first day of the Atlantic crossing. The start in Mindelo was quite exciting with lots of boats crossing the line at the same time, some with spinnakers up.

We could see lots of boats until night time, but now we can’t see any. It was a starry night and we slept in the cockpit. There was a bit of no wind when the boat rolled around and made us feel ill, but now the wind is back, the boat is steadier and we’re feeling better. I think we need to get used to being at sea again.

We’ve seen lots of schools of flying fish and some birds. We are trying to catch a fish but haven’t caught anything yet. We now have just under 2,000 miles until we reach Grenada. 

We won’t see any land for about two weeks but we’re kind of used to it now. It’s surprising that after starting with 94 boats all going the same way, we can’t see any other boats after just one day.

Before we left Mindelo, all the kid boats did chalk drawings of our boat names on the pier.

We’re going quite slowly at the moment because the wind is light but we’re in 15th place out of 94 boats so there must be lots of other boats going slower! Daddy says the forecast is light winds for a few days then getting stronger as we get closer to the Caribbean.

Tom got a Coconut for Coconut before we left and it is now a new mascot for the crossing. Mummy and Tom decided it should be called Wilson.

Here is our menu for the crossing.

We have got more food than this in case it takes longer than expected.