King Neptune is incorruptible and the wind hole got us again. Another 15 hours of light winds set us further back within the fleet and it will be much harder to catch up with the boats in front now.
The good thing is I got some decent sleep in before the strong westerly winds will arrive today. Besides the lack of wind, it was actually a quite nice day in the Southern Ocean: Fairly warm, with the Swagmans Inn (as mothers Greg Schey and Chris Grant call their galley) open, serving delicious little snacks like toffee cake, orange peel in dark chocolate, apple crumble and fresh coffee. Unfortunately, the combination of lots of sleep during the day and a sugar and coffee overload results in me sitting at the Nav Station at 4am still wide awake and far away from sleep.
Our patient, Mike Sweet, is getting much better and was sitting in the saloon most of the afternoon entertaining the mothers. It is great to see him back in good spirits.
The graveyard watch just handed over to the early bird watch and we are cruising along at around ten knots with the spinnaker up. This weather should hold for a few more hours before the stronger winds come through and we need to drop the kite and put a reef or two in.
Fair winds and a following sea!
Chris