Tuesday 8 March - At sea

The Captain lied!
Not only did we have 30mph winds but we had to pass through the Straits of Taiwan, which funnels the prevailing seas. The underlying swells were running at 7 metres but every now and then (more now than then) the funnelled waves would piggy- back on the swells and these reached 40 foot! The Captain said it was like being 'smacked in the face', the boat creaked, groaned and banged all night, not much sleep was had by anyone till 3.30am, which was 4.30am really because clocks had advanced 1 hour. We forgot about the hour change and presented ourselves at brunch at 12.15pm instead of what we thought was 1.15am, we thought it was a bit strange when we were offered wine! Did very little today, had another nice nap in the afternoon!