Woke at 7.30 had such a good sleep in hotel bed. Absolute luxury. Got up had a shower which was amazing ! So nice to be clean. Went for breakfast in the hotel. Got a local newspaper from reception which had a photo on the front page of our boat. Went to the boat for 9.30 to help with deep clean. All the crew were there apart from Caroline and melody who went off to the supermarket to buy food for the next leg. Heard that Sarah had been operated on and all went ...

Leg 5 : race 8: day 15 Woken at 5.30am pancakes for breakfast then up on deck at 6 am We had our engine on and had started motoring to the port. Around 9am saw the land. Couldn't believe how built up it was lots of high risers. As we got closer to the land speed boats came out to meet us taking lots of photos. We had to line up on the boat and circle the marina for lots more pictures to be taken. When we moored up the crowd was Enormous! Felt like we were famous....

Leg 5 race 8;day 14 Woken up at 5.15. Have to get woken earlier as more layers to put on to keep warm. Porridge for breakfast then on deck for 6am. The sun was out although still cold. The sea was no longer a dirty yellow more blue and it was calm. We had hardly any wind so we put the wind seeker up. Spent the rest of the watch trying to will the boat to move. Have about 80 miles to go and it seems to be taking forever. Sarah had had a fall and hurt her arm she...

Leg 5: race 8 : day 13 Woken at 5.30 was in a deep sleep and so cozy in my bunk with my sleeping bag round tight. Porridge for breakfast then on deck at 6am. The wind had died down so we took a reef out. Took it in turns to go down below as it was so cold. We were going though the Yellow Sea and it was definitely a yellow colour although a dirty looking mud colour, it looked horrible after the clear blue seas we have had. Although not in the last few days. Fin...

Leg 5 : race 8 : day 12 Woken at 5.30 by vitality had slept solid, he had to help me out my bunk ! ( in a top one) Had porridge for breakfast, the boat was still rolling but not as much the wind had died down a little. Mind you down to about 40 knots which I thought was high but after the height of the storm last night it seemed mild! Up on deck at 6am it was freezing I had 5 layers on ! The sea was still rough and from the minute on deck I couldn't wait till ...