Yesterday was a day of big changes in the weather. In the
morning we were blasting along, upwind, at over 10 knots. I had half an hour on
the helm and it was really hard work again. After five o'clock tea, when I was
on for evening watch, the wind gradually dropped, the grey cloudy skies cleared
and up the spinnaker went. It was lovely to have a clear sky with view of the
carpet of stars and the moon, which we haven't had for days.
There are light winds ahead, which means that the fleet
will bunch up towards the finish line. We are on our guard to eke out each
tenth of a knot of boat speed to at least hold our 6th position if not climb
further.
We can see Yorkshire on the horizon, which gives us added
focus to stay ahead of them. The final chess game is about to play out.
The immanency of the luxuries of land life is giving
excitement to us all.
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