Leg 5 race 12 day 3
Woken at 5.30 up on deck for 6am had a black coffee and apple for breakfast. Had full follies on as pouring with rain.
Got soaked. Had a couple of near broaches where we had to release the vang quickly. Got some waves over the boat and gusts up to 50 knots
Was glad when my shift ended at 10am Kevin had made some nice noodles with meatballs. Had those and helped to wash up. Got scared a couple of times when the boat was really heeling over. Carl,s wrist is really swollen and bruised hope he hasn't broken it! He went for a lye down as not feeling to good. Making good speed at one time hit 23knts we also have 4knots of current pushing us along. Went to my bunk at 2pm for my 4 hours off. Slept in Sophie's bunk as on a port tack. Couldn't really sleep so dozed and listened to music.
Got up at 5.15 had a cold lemonade which was amazing ! Then Kevin had made dinner it was very spicy but nice. Up on deck for 6pm had a headache so took paracetamol headache got worse so took ibuprofen felt a bit yuk! Was looking forward to the end of shift so I could sleep. Must remember to drink plenty of water it's so easy to forget. Came off shift at 10 pm and straight into my bunk was so tired fell asleep straight away and stayed there until 5.30am
Miles covered 282 speed 9.2-16.4
Wind 15- 44 knots