All plain sailing today...so far! After writing my blog yesterday I made an appearance on deck and we hoisted or Code 3 (heavyweight spinnaker) - this enabled Unicef to keep on trucking with some impressive surfs. We had a fair few hours under the kite until a tack strop failed prompting an unscheduled drop to the deck luckily all recovered without damage. The wind increased and came forward towards the beam so we have been sailing under Yankee head sails throughout the day and overnight.
This was a low impact drama - less sailing under simple sail leaves me with very little "hands on work" to do. I've certainly caught up on my sleep. The team on deck are doing a great job of keeping us driving forward. Down below Scott Winkler our Team Coordinator is busy organising the short stopover in Freo (Fremantle). We will have lots to do once we're alongside and I would like to invite our returning crew and new team members to come down to join the team early, to hopefully roll your sleeves up and get stuck in so we get to know each other.
Thank you to Becca, Charlotte and all at Unicef UK for your messages of kind support we look forward to seeing you upon our return. Still a long way to go and we are hoping to exceed our fundraising targets "for every child"
Cheers, Bob.