Ahoy!

Here we go, nice to see two figures on speedo and the wind came back around sunrise as predicted. We had another sunny day, we saw some whales about 500 meters from our beam and the same kind of birds are still flying around us, the flying penguins, the "albatross" or huge Seagull (not 100 per cent sure actually) and some big black ones.

Garmin is still neck to neck with Greenings. Greenings did better in the light air and are a little ahead of Garmin, so we are hunting them now. Also, on the tracker we can see that the serenity as Wendy and her crew on Sanya Serenity Coast are hunting the pack with GREAT Britain not that far behind.

So, eyes in front and eyes at the back. Until tonight, or early morning, the wind should increase. We will try to get as many videos as possible with all our Garmin VIRB Cameras to share what we are getting up to here with you all.

Since we left we haven't seen any vessels other than our fleet. You have to sail across an ocean to actually understand that not a single day is quite the same; the sea is different and her colours, or the sky, the wind, the trim, the speed, the heat, the cold, even the smell of the sea changes.

I am really proud of my pirates, how they keep working hard, how they keep our boat clean, how they go on together, how they cope with the elements. It takes what it takes when it's windy and you start to live at the extreme, receiving buckets of water all day long, helping each other, trusting the drivers struggling with some nasty waves bouncing the boat all around.

We have read the blog from Unicef and from my point of view, hats off, what a kitemare! I would probably have burned the spinnaker with a flare… just joking! Well done, looking forward to sharing the stories in Cape Town around a Duff with Roy!

I am still calling Lance and his crew on Liverpool 2018 but they don’t seem interested in chatting with me, Greenings is quieter! Will be interesting to see how the fleet will gather again and in which order, a few more days for that verdict!

The arrival looks interesting too, lots of local effects to play with. I have got lots of African brothers and they will send us some good vibes, it will be fine! (Hopefully).

All good here, leaving the dream,

GT out!