Sat Phone Update from the middle of the Westen approaches
Lazydawn
Tue 9 Aug 2005 15:58
The wind has been fickle all morning with no more
than 5 knots of breeze. Crew all working hard to keep the focus and maintain
some boat speed!!! Currently around 30 miles south east of the famous Labadie
Bank that did all the damage in the 1979 race... Not much chance of this today
with a wave height of 10 cm!!!
Highlight of the morning must be the whale that
came and said hello before showing us his tall as he moved east to visit some
other competitors behind us!!! However I think many boats did make
it around the lizard before the foul tide so overall positions not known a text
with a status report would be nice....
Second highlight was the Heinz beans and sausages
we had for lunch while sun bathing in the warm sunny day...
With boat speed of 4 - 6 e.t.a at the rock is
around mid morning tomorrow or afternoon if the wind reduces further. The
forecast is variable 2 -3 so its hard to see much more wind on the
radar
Next update either tonight or after the ROCK
!!