Leg 5 -Race 7 - Day 6 When I woke up my t shirt was wet with sweat ! So hot it was 35 degrees. Went up on deck at 11am and we were going through a squall it poured with rain. Lots of the crew decided to come on deck and shower. Lasted about 30 mins. Then as it as it came it went and the sun came out. We were in front of lmax but spent the next four hours playing cat and mouse going through wind holes changing sails doing everything we could to make the boat go ...

Leg 5 - Race 7 -,Day 5 Woke at 7 to hear them making pancakes but stayed in my bunk dozing til 9.30 then got up and had coffee and cereal. Went up on deck at 11 for my shift. It was so hot we cooled each other down by throwing buckets of sea water over each other but also had to avoid setting off our life jackets ! Carl was trimming for a while whilst I grind then we swapped. Hot work ! We still had the code 2 spinnaker up but towards the end of my shift we not...

Leg 5 - Race 7 - Day 4 Woke at 8am it's getting easier sleeping on the boat. Haven't been able to eat much the last few days so made a coffee and cereal. Sunny outside and still in first place. Had a good watch trimming and making the boat go faster just as I was due to go off watch we prepared for a spinnaker to go up as the winds were changing. Also noticed on the horizon Garmin GB and Derry we need to keep an eye on the wind and trimming to make sure we s...

Leg 5 - Race 7 - Day 3 Woke at 10am and wrote crew diary Great news to hear we are currently first !!! Went on deck at 11 so so hot just dripping with sweat. Still had Yankee 1 up wind had dropped but managed to sail between 8- 8.5 knots. It's Sophie's birthday today. Caroline had made her a cake so we sang happy birthday and she blew her candles out. Whilst on watch saw a pod of pilot whales they followed the boat for a while it was amazing. Came off watch...

Leg 5 - Race 7 - Day 2 Was up at 11am so good to have 8 hours sleep on and off! The crew are really friendly and all seem to be getting on well with each other. I am on watch with Matt as watch leader, sophie Caroline and Carl. We work really well together. I was due to go on standby watch at 15.00 but the race started at 15.30 so all stayed on deck for that. We had a leman start which meant all boats had to be lined up had a ten minute then four minute coun...