49:17.9N 6:10.3W
0751
GMT
An
eventful night, it was quite squally but managed to keep the chute up until the
wind swung round to astern and dropped. At this point I was napping (I got about
an hour last night in fits and starts, maybe a little more) and I could hear the
Chute filling and collapsing so knew I had some deck work to do. So, 5am saw me
bleary-eyed, dropping our beautiful cruising chute (in the sea, mostly) and
hoisting our tired old spinnaker, which is now doing its best in 5 knots of wind
astern.
We
are nearly becalmed, 1.5 knots. I want to cry. I can’t see any AZAB boats, but
can hear them occasionally on the radio, their calls worryingly weak. I don’t
know what I did so wrong last night after successfully keeping up with the pack,
that they all overtook me, but overtake they did, so all I can do is try to
catch them! Maybe I should try and
push west.
Apart
from that, nothing much to report, I hope I’m not last but if I am I will try my
best to catch up. I bet the class 4’s and 3’s are nearly there now! Could anyone
update me on the position of Bojangles? Richard and Carla were ever so nice to
us and I’d like to see how their J105 is getting on.
Bye
for now,
Joe
