Well, not quite what I expected but as Nigel had checked the shipping forecast before we left, he had unfortunately correctly forecast a rough day for today. Don't think even Nigel was ready for force 11 gusting to force 12! Needless to say we have survived and not missed a single meal during the past 36 hours of lets say “interesting” conditions. Arcadia seems to be riding the waves well but unfortunately the Captain had to make a decision to miss out the Azores due to our slower than expected progress. As they had been telling us that they refuel at the Azores, I hope they have enough fuel to get us all the way to Barbados where I am sure we will be taking on fresh crockery to replace all the fairly spectacular breakages today.
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