Take what you most love doing in your life and keep it doing it for hours and hours day after day… That’s how I would describe the sailing conditions at the moment. No matter what, this remains the best sailing in the world.
‘Are we there yet?’ and ‘How much did we gain?’ are the two most asked questions from the guys.
Without prejudice, this is the most fun I have ever had on a Volvo 70. I mean we, are having a baby in five weeks time and I am much more nervous about the next 12 hours than becoming a father again.
Before leaving Boston, I was told that I should write one of the first emails from the boat. The reason being was that I wanted to thank everyone in Boston for a fantastic and memorable stopover. The best yet in my mind.
This may well be my last blog of this leg. I am planning to get some rest now and save my energy for the tense battle into Galway Bay.
Everybody is out of stealth. We are in fifth but fighting for the podium. It is so close anything can happen.
Galway should prepare itself for a grandstand finish in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The night is ice cold as 28 knots of SSW’ly wind is blowing over rugged water which has the modest temperature of 9 Celsius.
For all of you addicted to the three hour position reports, I write to you now because we are about to go Stealth and disappear for the next 12 hours or so. Why?
Ericsson 4 is back in her familiar position, leading the fleet by 13 nm as they scream towards Galway. But, the last 24 hours have not been without incident. The red sky yesterday morning heralded a warning, and, as the wind increased as forecast late yesterday afternoon, PUMA was in trouble, having just sailed into the lead.
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