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...

Leg 8 race 12 day 4 Thursday Woken at 5.30 could have done with sleeping more. Up on deck for 6am didn't fancy any breakfast so just had an apple. My Tummy hurts from being hungry but can't face a lot of food still don't feel right. Carl's arm is a little better but still swollen I do think it could be broken ! But his so good not making a fuss. It was raining at start of shift then the sun came out finished at 11 salad and cheese scones for lunch then I was on...

Leg 5 race 12 day 3 Woken at 5.30 up on deck for 6am had a black coffee and apple for breakfast. Had full follies on as pouring with rain. Got soaked. Had a couple of near broaches where we had to release the vang quickly. Got some waves over the boat and gusts up to 50 knots Was glad when my shift ended at 10am Kevin had made some nice noodles with meatballs. Had those and helped to wash up. Got scared a couple of times when the boat was really heeling over. ...

Leg 8: race 12 day 2 Tuesday Woken at 5.40 up on deck for 6am had porridge on deck. The spinnaker was up and had been since around 3am we were in around 6th place and through the course of the morning went to 12th then back up to 5th. We had to take the spinnaker down around 9am as a little tear in it and poor sophie had to be woken up to fix it. I came down below to help Matt wool it but started to make me feel really sick so had to go on deck again. It start...