We are beating our brains to mash into the south-easterlies, not too bad
\nso far, staysail and one reef in solid 20 knots, boat slamming, waves
\ncrashing across the cockpit, it’s wet out there, cant find a strong enough
\nreason to be there, sleeping under a warm duvet seems just fine as the
\nautopilot battles the freaking elements, no traces of any shipping,
\nradar reflector and AIS totally silent. I think it is safe to say we
\nare in the middle of freaking no where. Even Paul who normally is in the
\ncockpit unless is taking a nap or eating is finding the comforts of the
\nport master cabin to be far more agreeable then the jet wash in the
\ngarden. We leave that to heroes and fools.
\nI dont want to go too much into our top secret strategy here as it may
\nbecome rather too obvious that we dont have one, we are waiting for the
\nothers to reveal their cards before committing to our route as currently
\nthere are two radical school of thoughts in relation to the approaching
\nhigh.
\nToday a special thanks to our chocolate sponsor, a nice bar of chocolate
\ngoes a long way in keeping you happy in this weather. Willie’s World Class
\nCacao supplied us with amazing dark chocolate for our entire race, 70%+
\ncocoa and cuban raw cane sugar… The box we have this week is the
\nPeruvian 70, with tropical fruit notes, it’s truly amazing stuff… the
\nchocolate is so dark that it did not melt even in 35C during the hottest
\nof tropical days and now that it is colder it is really snappy and crunchy
\nwhen you bite into the corner of a bar… hmmmmmm…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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