Race 3 - Day 20
Skipper Report
20 November

The sun is out here on the Southern Ocean which is lifting everyone's spirits after yesterday's grey day - grey in many ways.

Over lunch we held a little ceremony to pay our respects to Simon. A big thank you to Iain who led the service. We mirrored the proceedings that were followed on GREAT Britain, and a few people offered more personal words. I have a poem on board that means a lot to me - it's called ‘Risk’ and I don't know who it is by. I have been waiting for the right moment to read it out and yesterday was that moment.

"Risks must be taken because the greatest risk in life is to risk nothing.

The person who risks nothing does nothing, sees nothing, has nothing and is nothing.

He simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love and live.

Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave.

He has forfeited his freedom.

Only a person who risks... is free."

On other news, we are now pointing directly at Fremantle, after a sloppy night in a confused sea with not enough wind to power on through. Going fast in the right direction with blue sky above our heads always feels good. The sun cream even made an appearance!

We also finished the Elliott Brown Ocean Sprint yesterday so fingers crossed for that one ... the guys worked really hard on deck keeping the boat going as fast and directly as they could so I really hope the results work in their favour.

Also, happy to hear that the meds drop went well on Garmin (nice work GT) - we are all thinking of you guys too and hope Erik and the rest of you are safe and comfortable.

Sailing with style - Nik