Morning all,
Last night saw us complete the successful evacuation of one of our crew members to the island of Fernando de Noronha.
The authorities insisted that he not be put ashore alone so we unfortunately also lost another crew member, Andy Schofield (who is also Jerry’s brother-in-law), to be his companion. We are hugely relieved to have Jerry safely ashore receiving professional medical care at a hospital that does not launch itself off waves every 30 seconds.
We then left into one of our worst nights so far with 45 knots of wind and the most aggressive sea state. Right now, I would pay a lot of money for some good sleep. Our diversion has given us a more windward course to sail so it will be hard hanging onto the coattails of the fleet but we shall try our best.
Kind Regards, Dale