So here we are in yet another 45 knots stinker, making excellent progress under staysail and reefed main, occasionally surfing high teens. The front came and went and we were left with that nasty situation where you have massive seas and decreasing winds......

    In the unlikely setting of a sunny Southern Ocean day, flying the biggest spinnaker under a blue sky, we dream of home, of friends, family and loved ones (and beer and steak). It's friday and you'll be heading home to your families soon so we thought...

  Yesteday we passed Cape Leeuwin, about 500 miles to our north and have now, geographically speaking, entered the Pacific Ocean... we have just under 2500 miles left to sail in this second leg of the Global Ocean Race and after all the nasty weather we had to endure...

  There we go, did i mention anytime over the past few days that this freaking place is a bit windy? We are running under triple reefed mainsail and staysail and earlier we got flattened on the side like a dinghy in a gust that read 57.8 knots on the one...

  I may sound boring if i reiterate that we're still in 35-40 knots of wind, we have not seen anything less than 25 and anything up to 55 for the past week and inevitably we've suffered some level of damage. Australia is now only 750 miles above our heads but the...

  Even the novelty of riding the back of a Southern Ocean low wears out after a while, it's amazing what you get used to, we've been below, hatch closed, for the past two days pretty much eating and sleeping and riding this mad highway averaging around 12 knots...

 The low that two days ago gave us a kicking upwind has moved to the SE and now we are running in the strong following winds behind the cold front. All looks ideal on paper and i'm sure it must look exciting to see us on the tracker dashing at twice the speed compared...