Leg 5; race 8 day 4 Up at 5.45am for shift at 6 got soaked by waves a few times : managed to eat some porridge. Sat by the helm for a while with Carl helming the waves were enormous around 10 metres. As I sat there it made me feel really proud of what I was doing and proud of Carl as he works so hard on the boat and is really good on the helm. We are in 6th place now. Came off shift at 10 and straight into bunk : mine stinks of desil so went into the skippers b...

Leg 5 ; race 8 : day 3 Woke at 5.30 on shift at 6am had porridge on shift still feel really achey and tired. According to the schedules we are at the back of the fleet ! So hard working the tactics to stay in front ! Went off shift at 10 straight into bunk. Trouble is my bunk is above the fuel tank and it leaks so stinks of desile My flip flops and trainers were on top and were soaked in it ! Woke at 2.30 don't feel so achy but have a massive head ache. Felt s...

Leg 5: race 8: day 2 Came on watch at 6am was surprised to see it was daylight. We had gained in the four boats ahead of us and during the watch overtook two of them. Our AIS is not working ! This shows you on our navigation system where the boats are and their speed. Really frustrating. Plus not good if we had a man over board as they are on your life jackets Came off watch at 10am had some noodles and fresh fruit salad and went to bunk for my 8 hours off. Sl...

Race start day Up at 6. Got a taxi to Novotel had breakfast then on the boat for 8am Stowed away kit and got the boat ready for the start of the race. All crew attended a fair well send off and went up on stage boat by boat. Lots of people there and we were live on Vietnam tv A really good send off. Slipped our lines then motored out to the starting line. Feels odd being on boat again couple of the crew were sea sick : hope I am not! Carl takes seasickness...

Up early and onto the boat for 9.30 we were there all day on and off getting last bits done and ready for the race Had a team meeting talking about the race and the plan also we are sticking to the same watches and times so we are 7-11 Also had a meeting for all the crews. The next race should take 14 days and could be a hard beat into the wind We will get a good reception as we are arriving in qingdao and our boat is sponsored by them Finished on the boat at...