Arrival in Vietnam Woke at 4am Lindsey told me there was Phone signal so texted the kids my mum and Carl's mum and dad. Stayed in bunk til 6.30 then got up. Had porridge Carl and Matt on deck I cleared up breakfast bits and managed to wash my hair in the heads ! It was lovely hearing from the children by text will face time them all later x Switched onto Vietnam time which is 7 hours ahead of uk. 2 hours behind boat time Seemed to take forever but we arriv...

Leg 5: race 7: day 30 Woke at 8.30 the wind had picked up so heeled over and going faster. Matt Carl and Caroline on deck. They only needed 3 on deck. Made a pot of coffee and some porridge. Bit overcast today and temperature had dropped. We have been told our berthing time is 1pm (boat time 4pm) going to be doing last jobs on the boat today getting ready to get into Vietnam. I am so looking forward to getting ashore. So today is the last full day and night on ...

Leg 5: race 7: day 28 Woken at 6.30 was in a deep sleep! Breakfast of porridge up on deck at 7am which is 9pm Sunday night (uk and Utc time) The race finished at this time we are 5th ! Such a pity we didn't get a 1st 2nd or 3rd. All because we lost time on the 10th due to things not getting done sooner! Oh well you learn by your mistakes so with daily meetings and an improvement on communication I am sure we will do better in next race. To celebrate the end of...

Leg 5: race 7: day 27 Valentine's Day today! Aim was to get a picture of me and Carl with the sunrise in the background : completed X Woken at 6.30 cereal for breakfast, pancakes on offer too! No shortage of food ! Up on deck at 7. Took lots of photos on sunrise. Caroline went up the mast to sort hallards out. Very calm seas and low winds 5/6 knots. Hot sunny day. Helmed for a while getting more confident with this now. Finished shift at 11 : went to the back...

Leg 5: race 7 day 27 Got woken up at 6.30 found it hard to wake up felt tired! Had a bowl of porridge then up on deck for 7am chilled for an hour as still dark. As the sun came up started to take a few photos. Carl was on the helm then I took over from 9.30 til 11. It was lovely. It was the first time I have helmed with us sailing. Sea was calm wind speed was 10-12knots. Carl stayed with me at the helm which was nice. Had a chat as we sailed. Matt and Caroline w...