After the shock and raw emotions of yesterday, there has been a sombre mood onboard Nasdaq as we try to come to terms with what has happened. I'm sure it will affect everybody differently, and at different times in the days and weeks to come. But for now, we have to pick ourselves up and concentrate on the task in hand: getting safely and quickly to Fremantle.
We completed the work on our rigging (again) yesterday, but are being cautious about putting too much strain on it so have decided to further reduce the wind limits for our Yankees. This means that whilst we can fly them, we are effectively sailing slightly lame and underpowered in most conditions. Having said that, we began our Elliot Brown Ocean Sprint last night and are giving it our best attempt in our current circumstances.
The weather is actually being fairly kind to us now: Wind from the W (although the forecast NW would be faster), and a flattish sea in which we can still make out the underlying long ocean swell that is helping us Eastwards. The solid cloud cover we had become accustomed to has broken up into fluffy cumulus and there are some very welcome patches of blue sky around.
Cheers, Rob