The past 48 hours have been very difficult. I’ve suffered like a piece of human body thrown around. Not being able to adapt to Leg 5 has been rough, and seasickness was overwhelming me most of the time.
Luckily enough the wind has dropped a bit and gave me a little bit of breathing space to sit down and write these words. The boat is heeled to its maximum and life onboard is not enjoyable at all.
For every mile sailed towards the east-southeast, the cold gets more noticeable. Tonight was our third night offshore, and hoods and gloves have made it onto the deck. The cold gets very exhausting, and it’s important to keep warm with anything – coffee, soup or tea.
We’re at the back of the fleet and there are a lot of miles left. We’ve got a new routing due to a change to the ice limits this morning. We’ll be staying higher north but we also have areas with 40+ knots of wind ahead.
“The next 10 days will be complicated and colder than ever before,” commented Ñeti.
There has been tons of water on deck and everyone is attached with his harness when on watch. Until yesterday evening, until the wind dropped a bit, few of us could actually eat and felt at 100%.
#vamosMAPFRE!
Fran