Leg 8 / race 12 : day 8 Tuesday Was woken at 5.30 upon deck for 6 had slept really well. Two black coffees and I was awake ! Still had code 1 up wind had picked up but due to the wind angles and our heading we were only doing around 6 knots still around 9th in fleet. Sun is out boat is flat and its chilled. Saw some dolphins but the didn't come above water so no photos. Off shift at 10. Had salad for lunch. Washed my hair. Went up on deck and laid on staysail on...

Leg 8 race 12 day 8 Monday Woken at 5.30 had a coffee and up on deck by 6. It was calm sunny and hot. Just had shorts and t shirt on with plenty of sun cream. We still had code 1 up with not a lot of wind. The crew on deck helped us gybe before they came off shift. Took some photos of our crew and though we saw some dolphins but not close enough to take a photo. Shift went quickly really chilled and hot. Came off watch and had a strip wash in the heads. Then was...

Leg 8 - race 12 - day 6 Sunday Woken at 5.30 had slept ok woke a couple of times in the night. Had a coffee then up on deck for 6 am it was dead calm with only a little wind. The code 1 spinnaker was up. We could see 4 boats around us visit Seattle Psp mission and unicef also could see a container ship. Not sure where we were in the fleet but good to see other boats around - the last few days there had been nothing around. It was warm but cloudy. There was not a...

Leg 8 - race 12 - day 6 - Saturday Didn't sleep as well last night lots of crew talking near my bunk kept waking me up. Got up 5.30 and ached all over. Got dressed Mark had my black coffee waiting, lovely as can't face breakfast first thing. Up on deck for 6am. The spinnikar code 2 was up and had been since 2am the sun was out and it was warm. Just had a T shirt on with foulie bottoms. The sky was clear blue can't believe we are in the north Atlantic. Mind you s...

Leg 8 - race 12 - day 5 - Friday Woke at 5.15am had a good nights sleep. Got dressed had a black coffee and up on deck for 6am it was sunny. Yippee sun glasses on. A nice dry watch until the last 10 minutes when a wave decided to drench us. Luckily I had my foulies on. Watch went quickly Carl helmed for most of it. Bob came up and told us we were in 12th place ! You could see the crews heads drop we have been working so hard. Matt came on deck and said he had d...