Race 12 - Day 13
Skipper Report
03 July

We're closing on Tory Island but the wind direction has meant that it's is not just a simple, straight course to round it.

With the wind becoming slightly more westerly as forecast, both Unicef and ourselves have in turn been bent north more than the leading three and will be gybing to a much greater extent to make the island. This will unfortunately put a greater time and distance between us but hopefully, the knock on effect will continue for those behind.

However, the winds are still forecast to drop off with a period of calm as we head up to Rockall. This could be a game changer. Not maybe for everyone but certainly a cause for some frustrations, or on the flip side, very quick gains as variable winds take over and it's luck of the draw for a short time.

Peter.