Date: Monday 12th November Time: 4:00pm
Sam Davies
Position of Roxy in the fleet: 10th, 208, 7 miles behind IMOCA race leader
Hello everybody
It's news time again. Time goes so quickly out here!
I've just sat down at the chart table after gybing, which innvolved waking
Jeanne up for the manouver. She is sleeping again, and Roxy is bubbling
along under spinnaker with the auto pilot steering a great course relative
to the true wind angle.
Since I last wrote, my cold is almost better - hooray!!! But it has left me
tired and so I am trying to catch up on lost sleep. That's why things have
been quiet!
Since my cold is better, also, I have re-discovered my sense of smell, which
on a racing boat after 8 days at sea (in hot climes) is nothing to
celebrate. Luckily, Roxy is not any old boat, and you all must know that
girls boats smell of flowers all the time,so that's Ok!!
BUT! There is a hitch! I think. A few days ago, we had some cute little
birds on board. The snag is that I have found a lot of feathers, and
(unfortunately) a nasty smell in the bilge around the keel box!!! SO,
tomorrow's mission, as soon as it is light, is to try to locate the possible
source of smell and feathers (dead bird???!!!) YUK. We are closing in on the
approach to the Cape Vert islands, so today I was reading my notes from the
weather lessons about the passage through or round the islands, and also
about the Doldrums (Pot au Noir) as we need to start studying the strategy
for getting through these obstacles.
It is great racing here in the IMOCA 60 class, albeit a bit frustrated not
to be in the leading pack where the race is so close, we are avidly
following the leaders and their tactics and it will be interesting to see
who comes out on top!
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