The pace has been good despite the forecast and we have managed to stay ahead of the ridge of high pressure for much longer than we expected, but soon we will be slowing as the wind eases back and veers (moves clockwise). The weather outside (where the crew work) is Cornish missle (miserable drissle) very grey and damp on deck.
We have a team in the bow repairing one of our Code sails (spinnakers) which suffered a major tear last night, this is the third major rip since the Scoring Gate, these kites have been rebuilt up-teen times since departing Liverpool and have done very well but they are nearing the end and are very fragile.
Just over a hundred and fifty miles to go and having played our Joker on this race we are hoping for a good result, the pressure is on to make the finish line within the next twenty four hours and avoid parking up for too long! The early arrival in Derry is welcome and the Unicef team is looking forward to exploring and enjoying the Legenderry hospitality which awaits them. I'm looking forward to catching up with the Murphy clan, also my brother is flying in from Plymouth to keep me on the straight and narrow!
Hopefully with luck the last blog of this race!
Cheers Bob.