The general consensus is that, while the kite wrap is not something we would wish for, the joint efforts of sorting the problem has had the effect of team bonding. It has greatly brought the crew together.
The wind was very fluky in the night, making the helming quite challenging at times. Light wind makes it much more difficult.
I was able to go straight from mother watch into my bunk at 9 p.m. last night and in the two off watches during the night I felt I had properly been asleep for the first time during the trip. I feel much better for it. Gone is that floaty feeling you get when you are short of sleep or jet lagged.
The midnight to 3 a.m. watch was great fun, with my learning a great deal about down-wind sailing which we continue with. Between trimming and helming, I feel much better at interpreting what is going on. We have now had a kite up continuously (other than the wrap) since day 2.
While rotating on the kite trimming and the coffee grinder, which we do every 15mins, we entertained ourselves with singing a variety of songs. Laura sang some spirituals, Bilbo taught us the words to Waltzing Matilda and we had various from the shows like "my Fair Lady".
This morning we have had sighting of whale spout, a pod of what we think were white dolphins, a black footed albatross and a group of seals.
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