The two anticyclones – one centred over northern France and the other that has just crossed the Atlantic at the speed of a depression – are now merging to become one just north of Geronimo’s current position and she is already feeling the “black hole” effect of their coming together.

Yesterday morning, Geronimo was making between 12 and 13 knots off Casablanca after a second day in which she travelled 392 nautical miles (averaging 16.35 knots).

Day two was therefore rather laboured, with continual changes of speed and heading in response to wind shifts and short-term forecasts.

Position Day 2
	Lat	Long	Distance covered in 24 hours	Average speed
Geronimo	37°01N	16°33W	392 miles	16.35 knots
Orange	35°23N	16°13W	472 miles	19.67 knots