Currently at anchor since 3am 15m SE Isle of Wight. Once again watching clock tick away and not going anywhere.
Good chance for sleep though. Break from the 2 hours on, 2 hours off. Body thankful at least. We heard what we thought was wind whistling but was a French yacht and they could see no life on board so issued a Pan Pan call to coast guard.
Until anchor we were storming. Hit 6 knots at one stage but averaging 4 as wind died down.
All else being equal wind and it’s direction will decide outcome of this record attempt.
We need to average 3 knots to beat the record. Since departure it’s 1.6 knots which is about a 50 day row. Ouch. But wind in Irish sea up our ar** is what we are all hoping for. Until then channel will be a crawl at best with this weather
