The sunsrise this morning revealed a heavy, leaden sky. We are sitting north east of a cold front that is forecast to move rapdily eastwards, below us. We are, however, close enough to this front to see the clouds and feel the effect of the shifting winds and lumpy seas. Last night was a ghostly moonlit night, with clouds at different levels hurrying to display themselves before the moon before skittering off into the distance. We are cruising along though, the ride is not too uncomfortable and we are stoked to be using this wind to it’s maximum potential – there is a dead patch forecast a couple of days out. We are just approaching the latitude of the southern tip of Madagascar. We’ll stick to this course for another day or so, giving the tip a berth of at least 150 miles and thus avoiding the area of freak waves the southern inshore waters of madagascar are famous for. Last night Brys made a spectacular dinner of Spanish Mackerel steaks with fish run, sided by a tasty spicy yam and potato melange. I (Ryan) am going to use the rest of the Spanish Mackerel to make a fish pie this evening, making way for more fish in the freezer. We caught a Bonito Tuna this morning, and threw it back. The Bonito tuna is a red meat fish, and not so tasty. In other news, the ocean water temperature dropped from 30degC to 26degC overnight! brrrr