Hi all:
We are already sailing very close to the ice limit, about 20 nm North of it, so keeping an eye on it. Weather is not too bad. Sea water temperature is dropping and we can see now is just under 7 degrees. It feels cold but to be honest we keep ourselves busy enough to go through the watches ok.
As you all can probably see, we are fighting hard against the elements and Dongfeng especially, we’ve had a goodnight and we have a good distance to Vestas, AkzoNobel and the rest, so we are very happy how the things are going for us. Tonight, is going to be hard again, proper wind downwind so I hope we can pass it with no problems.
So much work to do still though. Uncountable gibes on the ice limit exclusion zone will kill the crews in all boats, so we will really need to give our best to keep on the top of the race. Let’s see how it goes and who is the first one doing less gibes… We will found out shortly!
For the rest all going ok, crew is happy and pushing hard.
Although we are enjoying the conditions I think everyone is looking forward to a wind drop…
Have a good day on shore and keep watching!
Xabi
