Sport-heute: Sailing - TELEFÃ“NICA BLUE LEG ONE DAY 5 QFB (2): RECEIVED 15.10.08 1526 GMT

16. Oktober 2008, 10:14

TELEFÃ“NICA BLUE LEG ONE DAY 5 QFB (2): RECEIVED 15.10.08 1526 GMT

It's been a tough couple of days here on the Blue boat. Having to watch the rich get richer is never a nice thing, unless of course you are at the front of the fleet! Puma and Ericsson 4 seem to be having a great match race at the head of the fleet which leaves us looking longingly at the position reports wishing we were up there too - something that we know that we are more than capable of but have not yet had the chance to show.

International Ocean (mk) We are still trying hard to make up the miles after our pit stop just over a day ago, and although we have to be patient, it is proving hard. We are still clawing back the miles however and although it is slower than we would have liked we need to try take encouragement from that right now and not think too hard about being 8th on the leaderboard.

Things got a little tougher still this morning when the A2 blew up leaving us without our big running spinnakerl, but in the few hours that have passed since this has happened Daryl (Wislang) and Jordi (Calafat), our onboard sail makers have done an amazing job of getting it back together in record time. Hopefully before long we will be able to see the quality of their handiwork when we re-hoist it again which will get us back to full speed.

Other than that life on board is good. Everyone is getting into the rhythm of being back offshore despite our fist leg being punctuated by a short stop. It feels good to be back out at sea again and I am surprised at how easily the miles are slipping by. The watermaker water for some reason tastes much better than I ever remember; I just wish I could say the same about the freeze dried food! That said, today was a good day... Spaghetti Bolognaise for lunch, if you have to eat anything freeze dried, that isn't a bad start! So full, and my stomach content for now, I am going to get a few minutes sleep until the next position report arrives and we start planning our next move to get back up the fleet.

Cheers,

SiFi
(Simon Fisher - navigator)

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