We arrived with the intension of placing in the racing division.

In order to achieve this, we decided to go North and catch the pressures where they are the strongest.

We set off 48 hours ago and have managed to log 370 nautical miles with an average speed of 7.9knts and a top speed of 20.3knts!  

With minimal connection to the race logs, we cannot place ourselves accurately with the other vessels. However, we managed to deduce we were 3^rd in the multihull division last night, and have fallen back into 8^th & 32^nd overall during a lull we had early hours of the morning were we averaged a speed of 2knts on a 320’ heading for a few hours. However we are in good position to take advantage of the high pressures coming through to the North and it won’t be long until we are up on the frontline.

We are running 3 hour shifts in two teams with Captain Paul floating throughout.

Team 1: Sam, Sam & Bruce

Team 2: Matthew, Justin, Pieter

Tonight we start rolling the shifts over so we can adjust the watch hours and teams consistently.

Currently, our details are as follows:

Time: 12h15

28’26’’N , 20’59” W

COG 290 (M)

SOG 14-20knts on a beam reach

True wind of 30 knots.

We have had a few breakages onboard, including tack line of the spinnaker – which was fun! Along with the jibe preventer and a few shackles.

We flew a drone yesterday to practice take-off and landing once in the deep.

The image attached is a quick shot we took during the flight.

These drones are so advanced in technology with safety, almost making it impossible to land on a moving, rolling boat with sails and wind. It is going to be risky to lift-off in heavier winds, but worth the shot! I have been filming the leg and will be posting it to IG once we reach land, “justinanley”& “gust_of_wind_62”.

Winds picking up and backing to the South, better get back to the Helm!

Justin