We've had a very hard day with wind strength ranging from 0 to over 30 knots. The day started with reefing. As soon as a reef went in or came out it was time to change it back again. Then it felt like the same with spinnakers. We ended up constantly working to try and keep ourselves moving but at any one time half the visible fleet would be stopped while the rest was doing 10 knots.
We put ourselves in the south and the wind has now filled in. The important
questions are: Did we get the wind before all the others? How fast are they
going? Who is in the best position? We'll get the answers to all these
questions once the boats finish this extremely tricky race.