I don't know why meteorologists bother giving us weather forecasts - they are so often completely wrong! Yesterday, what should have been a strong (but not too strong) easterly turned out to be a strong (25+) SW, which meant that we were once again punching into it under motor, and the sea was again washing machine like. I spent several hours sitting in the inside helm chair listening to Mamma Mia on headphones and aparantly singing badly! By late afternoon the wind had shifted around a little more to the south so we were able to turn the motor off and sail. We had pies for lunch and I managed to heat up the beef stroganoff that I had prepared the day before and some pasta for dinner, without it ending up on the floor in the very bumpy conditions! We sailed through the night on main only, then at around 4:30 am the boys put the jib up which meant our speed increased to 6-8 knots. We are now still sailing with jib and main with a nice 15 knot southerly breeze, and the sea has calmed a little, so a much more pleasant day (so far).