The Southern Ocean Weight Loss Program

Hugo Climbs the Mast

 If you are looking at a non-surgical equivalent to a gastric band look no
further, come to the great south where we’ll make you feel a constant knot
around your stomach to lose weight. In the past few days it’s been either
windy or freaking windy, and as far as I understand this still absolutely
nothing compared to what we might get.

Yesterday we got caught small spinnaker up in a front with gusts up to 45
knots and had to wrestle the thing down, we just discussed the strategy
for the night and we really have to balance speed with safety and gear
preservation, it still is a long long way to Wellington and with no land
in sight any major breakages would mean a very very long limp to the
finish. We have a rather confused sea right now which makes it all a bit
more unpleasant.

All is well on board otherwise, the temperature is slowly dropping and
it’s going to get a lot colder soon, but for now it is still relatively
pleasant.

The photo is of Hugo up the rig the other day, glad we sorted that problem
right away as you wouldnt want to go up the mast in these seas.

Posted by: firstclass