Race 13 - Day 3
Skipper Report
25 July

Good morning all,

Seems like we have a good day of sailing to report from yesterday. The sun rose over Achill Island and later I overheard part of a discussion about which peak was Croagh Patrick. We had a few windshifts as we passed Galway and the Aran Islands and it seems like we are going well but we are unfortunately not closing down the leaders.

Dolphins have come out to visit on a number of occasions and the great food from the galley keeps on coming, thanks today are due to Maeve's daughter Georgina (who was onboard for the parade of light) for a wonderful spaghetti bolognaise.

In other news, we've been Nasducked. Yes, we've found two of those plastic ducks hidden by our rivals from Nasdaq, one under the cooker and one in the bilges. I’m sure a third will turn up somewhere.

This morning as it's gotten brighter with the sky turning from dull blue to pink to yellow. We can see Nasdaq with the back drop of Skellig Michael, made famous recently by Star Wars and also home to a monastic settlement from the ninth century (I think). The beehive huts are very cleverly built and a visit has always been on my bucket list.

Hopefully all this upwind bumpy-ness stops soon. We have a reef in and should need to change down yankee sails if it continues.

Happy Wednesday everyone,

Conall