Well the front runners have all shown their hands and we look set to be just west of the leaders going into the Doldrums. All as we wanted, so good news there. Doldrums not looking huge at the moment but still happy with our position, if we all come out as we have gone in, I’d be surprised though.
Personally speaking I’m hoping we come out a little cleaner and closer to the front!! We could really do with some rain to wash both ourselves and to clean up the mess where Tanguy sits for dinner!
After some persistent engine problems we seem to be managing the situation (touch wood, finger crossed etc) and our big spi, which has been, getting endless abuse is just about holding up to. Several repairs are damaging the aesthetics but she is still big and beautiful to me.
We seem to easing ahead very slowly of most of the pack behind and we have been consistently putting a mile or two on 40 DEGRESS (n 7th) over the last day or two. Marc Emig and Bertrand de Broc in 4th are around 40 miles ahead and APPART CITY is around 20.
With fresh SE trade winds expected after the Doldrums, we are hoping our powerful beast will rise to the challenge and make some gains for us on the home stretch. Lets just see how the Doldrums go first though.
Cheers, Nick
