Hello,
The last 24 hours were still under spinnaker, a bit of wind filled in but not as strong as the weather forecast suggested it would. Some more traffic was again one of the tricky things to bear in mind. I think I spent most of the night talking to ships to avoid any collisions. Most of them were quite co-operative, altering course to allow us a safe distance.
We gybed in the middle of the night to stay ahead of GREAT Britain and Hotelplanner.com, just so to keep in a line. It was quite funny to see them gybing just after us, with one of them trying to stay on Stealth Mode with putting AIS on and off, but unfortunately it was quite easy to spot them on the radar. A bit of calculation and here we go, got your speed, your course, your range! Now it is a bit like match racing, when only the way we trim and drive will make the difference.
Less than 200nm to go but the wind will do his thing and our sails will follow and we will arrive when we will arrive. The job list is on the table chart, with the crew are waiting to know what to expect. Well in China most of the workers work 16 hours a day so I expect the same, quite fair to adapt to the country we are in!
I'm glad to hear that my mum arrived well in Sanya, I was hoping to honour her
with a podium, on the other way she honoured the Race Office staff with chocolates
from Belgium, don't eat them all guys!!
GT out