Delta Lloyd Leg Two Day 6 QFB: received 20.11.08 1003 GMT
We’ve made the turn for India. Early today we gybed and started our north path to India. When we gybed, the wind had eased to the high teens and we had our VMG A4 kite up. We continued to sail VMG angles as we watched the other boats around us gybe as well.
Throughout the day the wind has built and shifted to the north. A couple hours ago we did a sail change to our fractional code zero and put a reef in the mainsail, so that we could maintain course while sailing in the shifting wind. We are currently sailing at an average of 21 knots of boatspeed, in 20-25 knots of wind.
Ryan Houston – watch captain