After days of being punished and thrown around things have definitely
\nturned for the better, we have emerged from our dry suits stinking like
\ndead rats and are enjoying a lovely spinnaker run in a hot sunshine and
\ngentle 20-25 knots of wind. I guess conditions like this will be
\nexceptional but who says we cant enjoy them while they last.<\/p>\n
Both Hugo and I have found ourselves needing quite a lot of catching up
\nwith sleep but feeling a million times better every time we squeeze in a
\nfew restful hours. I still think the emotional roller coaster of the first
\nfew days was a combination of fear of the unknown, apprehension and
\nimmediate physical exhaustion while being thrown around in wet horrible
\nconditions… i bet most of the fleet was wondering what point exactly we
\nwere trying to make!<\/p>\n
Now i think we have at least a few days ahead with mild conditions which
\nshould give us a chance to clock some good miles and regain full
\nenergy before we’ll dip south towards at the end of the ice limit into the
\nsouthern ocean proper where temperatures will plummet and the sky will
\nlook like a sheet of lead, or will it? There’s only one way to find
\nout!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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