Since the last update a few things have happened, the most notable being the burial at sea of our most loved stowaway, Ermintrude.
Ermintrude joined the crew during the girl's leg and had travelled thousands of miles with them in safe hands. His safe journey during leg 3 and onto Halifax was bestowed upon Watch Leader Liam, unfortunately this was a duty far above Liam's ability and Ermintrude died within several days due to malnutrition.
The burial at sea consisted of Ermintrude being fired (via slingshot) far into the sunset, hopefully not killing any dolphins. This was followed by a millisecond of silence before the crew burst into cheer and celebrations.
For those who are not aware Ermintrude is a head made from a pair of tights filled with soil and hair made from grass.
Today Team America is mother watch and they have prepared breakfast which was not only served on time but was also edible, this consisted of eggs, beans, sliced cheese and bread.
Throughout the night we have been flying the spinnaker, mainsail, mizzen and mizzen stay sail, this has given us good speed and we await our positions within the race today as we have been averaging over 10 knots.
Our current positions is 35,02N 74,42W
Stuart O'Connor, Crew, Nova Watch
