Good morning Black Betty fans.
We are doing everything we can to claw Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam in, whilst shake off the rest of the fleet behind us, but in these light conditions it certainly is easier to follow than lead. The chasing pack can see when we have sailed into lighter airs, or our wind direction has become less favourable and they can try and avoid it. With the whole fleet still so close together, we can still see most of the fleet on AIS, so have live data on each boat.
It’s hot, hot, hot on board, the tropical sun is really making its presence known both above and below decks during the day. I have flipped our watch system for this leg, with the 4 hour watches now being during the day and the 6 hour watches at night, it seems to be working well, with the time on deck in the heat of the sun in shorter bursts, and the boat a lot cooler below decks, for the longer periods of downtime overnight. That's all for today as it’s waaaaay too hot to keep typing now.
Black Betty OUT!