Message From nicole

Today is Monday 10th March (I think). And yesterday was Monday 10th March. It is all a little confusing. Last night at 2am, we crossed the international dateline and crossed from Eastings to Westings ie we are now West of the Greenwich Meridian rather than East and 12 hours behind UK time instead of 12 hours ahead. Sods law would have it that last night was my only full nights sleep in the last 11 days, but I was dragged from my bed to celebate with champagne, crisps, sour mix and silly hats. We are now more than halfway around the world in terms of longtitude (as well as mileage and days which we passed a while back), which is a good feeling. and tomorrow we should break the 1000nm to go to Hawaii. Its is an odd race, as the fleet is still close together and 3000nm in, it is strange to see another clipper cross behind you only a few hundred meters away.Usually we don't see another after the first 12 hours!

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