Good Morning,
We have had a busy 48 hours here on Unicef, yesterday morning we spotted two long horizontal tears in our trusty Code 3 right up near the head of the sail. The crew jumped into action and down came the Code 3, thankfully before the tears connected and the sail decapitated itself, as the repair work started in our sail locker turned repair loft. By lunch, the repairs were completed thanks to Holly, our fantastic sail repairer.
The weather is providing us with some tricky decisions as we try to decide on the best course to take around the northern marks of the course. As so often happens in sailing, it's not possible to sail directly to the next mark so the decision over which gybe is better at a given time becomes key.
Over the next 24 hours we will be packing away the spinnakers, battening down the hatches, and getting prepared for some weather reminiscent of the Pacific Ocean. A low pressure system is going to blow over us, providing those crew that joined in Bermuda an opportunity to test out their foulies, and see a glimpse of mother nature at her most fierce.