Thank you Derry-Londonderry for an awesome stopover, what a great city. I was lucky enough to get some time off and go exploring.

Thank you to our team host RoCo Hairdressers, we had a lovely party at the saloon and got spoilt with pampering.

We now are just off the Hebrides, it was fun having a line start after all the Le Mans starts we have had, challenging with a whole lot of current in play. We had an ok start but then a great kite hoist and were in a pretty good position.

Then the breeze died out when we were out of the river and the fleet bunched up. We now are all pretty bunched up but can’t really see each other with visibility a bit poor.

The mal de mer has bitten a couple of crew but hopefully that won’t last too long.

Not too much else going on, just trim, trim, trim.

I think this is going to be a real ‘can’t stop watching race’ as its short and we usually are all together for the first week. Anything can happen, everybody wants to move up the rankings, I think it will be one for young and old folks.

Got to get some sleep – it’s been a long night

Love youse all

Wendo