received 20.12.08 0850 GMT
It has been an intense time since we passed the scoring gate. We have done a couple of sail changes and all hands have been needed on deck, which means no sleep for the guys.
Everyone was in a really nice mood when we passed the lighthouse on the north tip of Sumatra in third position, but now I think everyone is a bit tired. No one is really grumpy, but you can tell when the energy is on top and when it’s not. The boat is quiet and you can’t hear as much joking and laughing as usual.
Or maybe everyone is extremely concentrated on sailing the boat, to make it go faster than ever. We really do need it. We did not do very well after the scoring-gate.
From keeping Puma behind us for hours and hours, we split after the gate and in just a few hours, they gained 13 miles on us. Not very fun.
But everything can happen. Parking, screaming reaching, slamming upwind, you name it. This is the Las Vegas of sailing.
Gustav Morin - MCM
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