Sam Davies’ daily log - Mum’s Christmas Cake is Always Best!
Hello!
Day 43 is finished, and that means that Roxy is halfway through her record time of 87 days!!! I think we are pretty much halfway distance-wise too.... so it might be still be possible to break Roxy's record time from the last race! After a long night of "wallowing" and a lot of hard work by me to squeeze the maximum boat speed out of just a few knots of wind, we were rewarded by a lovely sunrise, and the first zephyrs of the "new" Northerly wind! This extra bit of wind, meant that I could leave the pilot to do the job and I managed to get a bit of sleep. Now, there is 16 knots of wind and finally the speedo is reading 15-16knots - AT LAST!!! We are tight reaching, so the daggerboard is down and I can hear it "singing"! It is a sweet sound that I haven't heard for a while and as we accelerate, the pitch gets higher and higher! The objective now is to try and stay in front of the low pressure that is behind us! I called Brian Thompson on Pindar this morning and I was relieved to hear he has finished his repair to Pindar's bow structure. He sounded very tired but quite optimistic that it should hold. So now my fingers and toes are crossed for Brian and Pindar, as we go through this windy low pressure system. And finally, I have a confession to make (to my Mum.) She's made me a lovely Christmas cake, and today I gave in to the temptation and I have eaten a piece - a day early!!! Oooops, sorry!!! But it is (as always) DEICIOUS!!!! Thanks Mummy!
S x
At 1100 UK time, Sam Davies aboard Roxy was in 8th position, 1,515 miles from race leader Michel Desjoyeaux aboard Foncia
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