Hello,
Brrrr it was cold last night, we were going on the extreme limit of the imaginary line which is the 45 degrees south ice limit. My pirates, used to the shadow of the sun below coconut trees in the Caribbean, were looking like little ice-blocks on the high side, they were very close contact, performing a human body heat to get warmer, they did look lovely!
Working hard on tactic to get back in the lead which for the moment it has paid off, now the pirates are slowly melting and smiles are back on faces, even if happiness was still here! Zigzagging towards Tasmania for our next waypoint called ‘Mitchell’ were things tactically will be very interesting, lots of currents, an option for scoring gate and some light winds to avoid, let's get this right, go Garmin!
Last night they saw some big squids around the boat it did look magic as the water is full of planktons which makes lots of phosphorescence in the water, all that combined with the big waves giving us some decent surfs: those kinds of nights will stay a long time in our memory.
So, all good here, and looks like all good onboard GREAT Britain and Unicef as some radio quiz were done which is always funny.
Well done to Sanya Serenity Coast, Visit Seattle and Qingdao for the Elliot Ocean sprint, can't believe how close that was...
I hope the finish will not be that close!
GT out