Leg 8 race 12 day day 10 Had slept really well up at 5.30am sophie and I were on Sail repair all day so using sewing machine to repair the code 1: the sewing machine is called grace named by Lindsey. Cold on deck and misty and damp glad to be down below in shorts and t shirt : they have full foulies and woolly hats on deck. Crew moral is low with some of the crew due to course extension and we are low on gas so no bread making which Sarah isn't happy about. Soph...

Leg 8 race 12 day 9 On deck for 6am it was cloudy and damp. Had code 2 spinnaker up and the wind had picked up. Was only on deck for an hour when I was asked to go down below to help sophie fix the code 1: it was really badly ripped and sophie and I took all day to patch it. Bob received a sati light phone call to inform us the race was being extended as they couldn't have us in Derry before 7th July. The crew were really fed up ! We were due to arrive Monday ...

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...