It’s been slow going for sailor Stanley Paris as he enters day three of his solo trip around the world.

“All I need is more wind,” he wrote is his latest blog post, some 650 kilometres south east of Bermuda.

“I am not on the beach reading a newspaper, I am sea and need wind to fill those sails. The forecast is looking only a little better, but you can help.

“If you take in a deep breath, turn to the east, or even south east, and breath out forcibly then the collective sum of your efforts will eventually arrive here and propel me forward!! Thank you.”

A lack of wind has put the ghost of Dodge Morgan, who holds the current world record, almost a full day ahead of Mr Paris, who set out to become the oldest and fastest man to circumnavigate the globe on Sunday.

He said he was averaging 144 miles a day, compared to Morgan’s average of 171 miles a day.

The lack of wind was having an affect on other aspects of the boat, forcing him to shut of major electronics, he explained. The wind generators which power electronics on the boat cannot operate when winds are under ten knots.

“The hydros are not doing much either since I am going too slow to make water power. And now, once again, its overcast weather and thus the solar panels are non-operational. So now, with the batteries at only 40 percent charge, I have shut down most of the power including refrigerator, which I will not even open now, electronic displays and soon the freezer. No cooking, etc. I will steer much of today, thus saving power the autopilot would be using.

“I knew this would not be a dream cruise but this challenge was not expected in these latitudes where the wind is usually strong and steady.”