Last night we got a good kicking from Ben, the skipper. We had light
wind all day. In the early evening I was on the helm, I'm not sure who was
trimming, (and I'm too polite to say if I was sure) but we dropped to 2 knots boat
speed when Derry were doing 4. Ben came up and eased 2 metres on the sheet and
asked me to sail more on a beam reach and we increased the speed to 4.5 knots. He
was not a happy man. We kept it up all night and have been rewarded with the
news that we are up 6th in the race position. The kicking was well justified.
It is very easy to get distracted by the lovely warm weather and jolly
conversation.
Yesterday was sweltering at lunchtime. Fortunately there
are fans over the bunks. Whereas most of us are now in tee shirts and shorts,
Shyamala, one of the Singaporean crew is still in jacket, long trousers and
boots.
The last watch, 3 - 6 a.m. we had dolphins very close to
the boat but couldn't actually see them in the pitch black, just hear the
splashes and see the phosphorescence. Later a flying fish landed on the deck. The
previous mornings we've had several squid on the deck.
Go Singapore!
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