Sailing through the night in a t-shirt and shorts is a real treat for a UK-based sailor. Warm winds in the middle of an ocean doesn’t seem possible. However, to be that warm at night comes from blistering heat during the day (46 C today) which, with high humidity, means you are dripping even when you only think about moving. At work top sides is ok with a breeze, but when you come below (a mere 32 C) . . . Not surprisingly we study the pee colour chart to check for dehydration.

We have quite a few fans around below, and many have personal fans to help them sleep. However, we have yet to get to the doldrums and have a lack of wind to cope with. I wonder how fractious things will become? So far we are a united team, operating in two watches with no animosity between us. Heat leads to an additional lack of sleep, so we have swapped our watch system around with the longer watches now at night so we can sleep for around 5 hours in the cooler nights.