Leg 5 - race 7 - day 12 Got up at 12 today (midday ) we are changing shifts round so I have to do 3 lots of 5 hour shifts. Noodles for lunch On deck at 12-5pm Went to take a reef out and noticed runners in main sail mast had come lose so Carl helped Bob and Matt to fix them. Flying along today. At this rate we could be in Vietnam early. Had dinner on deck at 5pm then came onto standby. I had a migraine so took some tablets and had a lay down. Back on watch 3am...

Leg 5 - race 7 - day 11 Woke at 9am finished reading my book. Had tuna pasta with pesto for lunch/ breakfast then up on deck for 11am. It was cloudy but a little sunny so nice weather conditions. Sea was moderate and wind was up to 25 knots at times. We were heeled over and were making good speed highest being 13.6 knots. I sat near the bow although it was wet from splashes from the waves, it was nice. Just love sailing. Carl was at the helm for a while. Got so...

Leg 5 - race 7 - day 10 Got up at 10am had a wrap for breakfast/ dinner then up on deck. Really heeled over cloudy and hot. On watch for four hours then on shift change over Kevin dressed up as Neptune and we had a ceremony for crossing the equator. If you have been across the equator you are a shellback but if you haven't you are a pollywog. So me Carl melody Sean Lindsay and Linda had to go through the ceremony. We had to confess a nautical sin to Neptune ...

Leg 5 - race 7 - day 9 Slept reasonably well. Woke up at 10am Found out that a Yankee sheet had torn during the night so had to be replaced. Also we had gone through the scoring gate and come 3rd. Had lunch of noodles and went on watch at 11am Cloudy and cooler up on deck but still had shorts and t shirt on as still warm. Stayed on same tack through whole watch with Yankee 1 and staysail up along with full main. Averaged around 8- 9 knots. We are currently i...

Leg 5 - race 7 - day 8 Woke up at 9 went up on deck and had a shower washed my hair at the back of the boat using a few buckets of sea water. Nice and cool but odd using salt water. Sun is out and it's really hot. We had slowed down due to the wind dropping. Had lunch at 10.30 potatoes and sausages then went up on deck for my watch. Wind had picked up slightly but as the shift came to the end the wind had dropped and we had gone from sailing with a Yankee 1 an...