An Oil-Free Day of Sail Changes
“Hello everyone!
Finally, yesterday, I cleaned up the oil! Hooray! It took me 5 hours, three special oil absorber sheets, half a bottle of washing up liquid and a lot of elbow grease - it's still not perfect, but I'm happy. Not too much damage to the spares (except the mess). It's still a bit slippery, but I will be careful.
Today is the day of sail changes! With the wind between 10 and 30 knots, I have been changing between Gennaker + full main, all the way down to solent + 2 reefs. It’s pretty tiring, so I am trying to find a compromise between course, speed and sail configuration to economise energy and not lose speed with a pointless manoeuvre. At some points Roxy was doing 22+ knots, which appeared to terrify Pierre Louis on the radio vacation! I took his advice and calmed things down a little as it was a bit fruity at the time!
I have also managed to stick up all my cards and photos that I received before the start, so Roxy is looking more homely than ever. I even have a four leafed clover stuck on my dashboard too - merci Nico!
Lucky (my lucky duck) and Foxy (my lucky pink flamingo) are finding their sea legs and have returned to their normal spot on my chart table. They rapidly took cover at the bottom of a gear bag for the first two days to avoid any flying around during the storms; I don't think they realise they are birds!
Sam x”
At 1600 UK time, Sam Davies aboard Roxy was in 14th position, 199 miles from race leader Loick Peyron aboard Gitana Eighty
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