"It's a lottery,'' and if YuuZoo skipper Ludda Ingvall were a gambling man he would be backing his own.
We're running about 7th so far, had a massive night, reaching and making great ground; closing in on the supermaxis.
But I gotta tell you, it's been a frustrating couple of hours since sun-up.
Light winds and well about six sail changes in about an hour makes for some of the most frustrating elements of ocean racing! (esp when some of the sails are about 100kg each).
It means we have four super maxi's ahed and two 70ft _ they're loving this light crap.
But the forecast ahead favourible for us; and we're just entering the Bass Strait "paddock", we've covered about 1/3 of the race, so hopefully we'll make some gains!
It's gonna come down to how we play Tassie's coast from Eddingston Point to the fickle Storm Bay right up until we the finishing gun sounds at Castray!
Ludda and Witty say they've got a secret plan, so fingers and toes crossed!
Aside from that; there's been the usual...dolphins, broken sleep, vomit, satellite prob's and awful 2-min noodles, I'm not sure which came first (and nope, i'm not in the vomit-fold...yet)! D.
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good to hear you are back online and doing some work for a change! Nice to know you aren't in the V club yet, save that for storm bay! Good luck tonight on the crossing.
ReplyDeleteHi Danielle, long time no speak. Great to see you are in the leading pack and we [Anne and myself] wish you well.
ReplyDeleteBad news about George.
Enjoy the ride.
David
Ha! thanks A!I'm lining R2D2 our satellite thingy up fair and square to take any blame for slackness in blogging...think he's struggling with the high seas!
ReplyDeleteHey David and Anne, were you guys out on the harbor for the big start? Thanks for the good wishes. I can't believe what happened to the Culprits, it is so so horrible esp cos of all their hard work. Thanks for your comment, chat soon, D.
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