8/10/11
As expected last night was a big one, just some small windows of short rest, for the guys and never a shortage of action. Early in the night we were beating upwind in a nice 12 – 15 knots jimmying for position with the surrounding boats.
The upwind soon became a more ferocious reach across the top of Ibiza blasting along in 20- 25 knots in what is commonly described as ‘fire hydrant’ conditions. This morning we are some 15 miles off Palma Bay, although we have hit a bit of a hole in the breeze, which is now around 10 knots.
Luckily I think this is right across the fleet, and so the game of cat and mouse continues. We have Telefonica around a mile ahead of us, Puma around a mile or so to port of us, and Abu Dhabi and Groupama a couple of miles astern of us. Once the sun begins to rise we might get a better visual of where things are at.
This is definitely a game of patience, gains and loses but keeping a cool head. Hopefully the breeze stays in long enough to make good time back to Alicante, as it would be a mighty big shame to miss the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals! I know this is an extra incentive for most of the boats in the fleet.
HAMISH
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