Good morning!
The past 24 hours were dominated by fast, intense spinnaker runs. During the day, we had the Code 3 (heavyweight spinnaker) up which gave us great speeds and lots of helming and trimming opportunities.
With decreasing winds in the late afternoon, we dropped the Code 3 just after six o’clock, gybed, and hoisted the Code 2 (mediumweight spinnaker) for the night. With apparent wind of 15-20 knots, we reached its limits and got great speeds throughout the night. Unfortunately, those came with a few overrides on the winches, baby wraps, and mini twists. Thanks to the quick reaction of the trimmers and grinders, nothing major happened but it meant I was on deck helming for a few hours and got woken quite regularly in between. With the wind speed increasing in the past two hours, we decided to take the Code 2 down and just finished reorganising the deck.
Hopefully it all calms down a bit when the sun is up as I’m looking forward to some hours of uninterrupted sleep.
Fair winds and a following sea!
Chris