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...