So we have now been sailing under spinnaker for over 24 hrs, and overnight kept up an average of about 6kts. What a special night! Smooth sea and steady wind in the 10-12kts range, clear sky, and wonderful stars. Not many boats to dodge now
as the fleet has spread out over a wide area, all sorts of different tactics in play in the search for a bit more wind.
As dawn broke the wind increased a little and we now have 15th and are cruising along at 7.5kts. If it picks up much more we will have to take the chute down and save it for another light wind day, but hopefully this wind (and the sail itself!) will hold
for the rest of the day, and even into tomorrow. Stronger winds not predicted till Tuesday, and even then should be no more than 15-20Kts.
We have averaged about 5.6 kts since the start which is not bad considering that we were down to only 3kts at time the first night.
We are still re-living the brilliant start we had on Friday. Have a look at this…the entire fleet behind us!
Later in the day, at noon to be precise, James took his first sun sight. He should now be able to tell where we are, at least the latitude, if any of us can be bothered with the hour long maths
marathon required! Still he certainly looks the part.
Meanwhile Simon is getting stuck into a good book, and I was unable to resit yet another photograph of an Atlantic sun set!
Having sailed fast through the night we are confident that we are back near to top of the class leaderboard. Certainly our arch rivals from the first leg are miles behind which is very satisfactory.
Hope you at home are watching our progress.
Till tomorrow….