Day 16 on the good ship Challenger dawns with less then 410 Miles to run to Cape Town.  Will it be Friday night or Saturday morning, most of the crew are wishing for Friday Night the realists amongst us have conceded that it will be Saturday Morning. The RAF are some 50 Miles in front of us, all best efforts are being made to amend this indiscretion, although 50 miles is a tall order to close down with such a sort distance to run.  The last few days has seen the weather getting colder and the waves getting larger (winds gusting up to 50 knots were registered last night), this makes helming at night an interesting experience (not knowing when the next wave is going to hit or from which direction), working on the deck in these conditions in the pitch black is very daunting experience, all there is between you and the murkier depths are your harness and the jack stay you are clipped on to, not a place to make mistakes, but it wouldn’t be arduous adventure training without the danger element. Sunrise this morning has seen the wind speed drop off making the chance of catching the RAF much harder. Boiled eggs, fresh baked bread and porridge was served for breakfast setting white and red watch up for the day’s task of running down the RAF (Tally Ho Discover (The RAF Yacht) on the Bow 50 miles, all hands to action stations).