It has been an interesting day and night… Well, that’s one way to refer to it.
First the good points.
It has been absolutely beautiful out here, the sunset was incredible. We don’t really take photos of dolphins and sunsets because well they are all pretty beautiful, but last night was particularly nice, just a shame there wasn’t a dolphin doing a tail walk a triple pike, then it would have been worth a photo opportunity.
The not so good part is the wind. It has been playing havoc, easing (which we knew would happen), changing direction (which we knew would happen), but taking a really long time to do it! I thought the transition from one direction to another would have been a bit quicker, so now I’m hoping it is across the fleet and not just the northern boats who are really get slammed.
Another good point is how the crew have sailed in these tricky conditions, that is to say really, really well, a boat full of very good light breeze helms.
Anyway, life goes on. The Tuck family reunion is getting closer, I’m getting very excited, we have less than 500 nautical miles to go, and the racing is heating up. All very exciting out here. Yesterday we saw Qingdao on the AIS for a while, then last night we saw Liverpool 2018 on the AIS and like magic someone has changed the colour of Liverpool 2018’s icon on the AIS to pink so we will always know who they are in a flash.
Oops, feels like I might be needed up on deck, so a chilly Wen signing off.
How’s the serenity?
Wendo