Race 1 - Day 23
Crew Diary - Race 1 Day 23: Liverpool to Punta del Este
12 September

Jingqiu (Lisa) Liu
Jingqiu (Lisa) Liu
Team Qingdao
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Hello again to my dearest friends and family and the Qingdao Administration Centre and Sailing Sports.

Today is our 24th sailing day and now we are sailing on the Southern Atlantic Ocean. Two days ago, we crossed the Equator and came to the Southern Hemisphere. GPS position changes from N to S accordingly. It was quite exciting for me since this is my first time to come to Southern Hemisphere.

Meanwhile, we were back to the heeling world again. We need to live and finish all our work in 45 degree heeling yacht. In order to gain the best speed and course, we worked quite hard in the past few days. Reefing, shaking and yankee 1,2,3 are appearing quite often during all our watches. The good news is we could have longer rest time and this heeling situation is supposed to change in one and half days. It seems that we could run the spinnaker again according to the weather forecast. Can I say that I miss spinnaker days?! I am quite looking forward to it.

There are two beautiful things about sailing on the Atlantic Ocean. One is the pure deep blue seawater. You can descride it with all the most beautiful words, for example, the famous blue "heart of ocean" diamond. It is hard to believe that the water can be 4000-5000 meters deep. The other one is the shining stars and all the clear nights with moonlight on the water surface, so gentle, peaceful, and romatic. I tried to remember this moment to share it with all my friends.

We are getting closer and closer to Punta del Este now. Our arrival should be about ten days away. Thanks again to all my great Qingdao crew team and Skipper Chris. I have had such an excellent sailing experience and adventure in my life. Wish us the best luck for the rest of our sailing. And see you again my friends in Uruguay.

All my best wishes from Southern Atlantic Ocean.

Jingqiu Liu