received 21.12.08 0353 GMT
We've made it to the relatively calm water of the Malacca Straits. It's nice to not have to worry about every wave that we crash into anymore. We are sailing along at a pretty nice pace all things considered. It's the nice thing about a VO70, even with the throttle pulled way back, it's pretty easy to click off miles rapidly on the odometer. Right now we are sailing at about 9 or 10 knots. Not too bad.
We were a bit nervous about our first tack, as we had to sail around an island yesterday afternoon. We made it very slow and had 3 guys with their head's in the keel ram compartments as we rolled through the tack. There were some crunching and cracking sounds from the broken side of the boat, but all seems to be OK. We now have the confidence to sail on both tacks, which is a stress relief and also a sign that we will be able to finish leg 3 under sail.
Matthew Gregory - navigator
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