Aaaaahhh mmmaaaaannnn!
It has truly been a very difficult day, I think the crew have done more sail changes in the last 24 hours than they have done in the last 24 days. Yet again, the entire kite wardrobe has been in use, and it pains me to say this but we may have ever so slightly broken our Code 2 Spinnaker into three pieces. We are all in pieces about it, we had just gotten the heavy weather kite on to the fore deck, getting into position, and our Code 2 just gave up and well, we will take some pictures of it for you all in Punta del Este. I’m thinking our sail repair guy (Mike F) will be quite busy, along with a bit of help from our crew and a little guidance from Martin at Hyde Sails.
We did see some more amazing cloud formations today.Iit was a silver/ grey blanket of cloud with a ripple effect in every direction, it almost looked like a sound booth insulation or an egg box if you will. If you have been following our progress on the tracker then I must apologise for the stress we have caused you; our track has been sporadic to say the least, made all the worse as we see our lead over our competitors eroding away. I belive at the 1800 report, the greyhound was only 26 nautical miles north of us! So, I feel it’s going to go down to the wire. Again, for a second night in a row, there are heavy lightning storms to the north, south and east of us (don't worry we are heading west), so I should be on deck with them.
Right, we have 58 nautical miles to go, it's 2308 your time, so depending on which forecast you look at, we may be in by breakfast. Or if you believe another forecast, we will be stuck in a windhole floating around looking over our shoulders.
Josh and the crew of Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam.