Sam Davies’ daily log - Best shower yet as Roxy crosses the equator!
“Hello - I'm back!
I have had a perfect day of R&R, whilst Roxy has been crashing along in the trade winds. No sail changes, just the odd check of trim from time to time, so I have managed to get a fair amount of sleep. Even the motion of Roxy crashing off waves didn't seem to disrupt my sleep. I wonder if I am going to have trouble sleeping in a still bed once I am back on land!
The doldrums was hard work yesterday as we passed under a big squall line. Unfortunately the first set of squalls were the extremely WET, rainy, but windless ones! So, whilst tacking and gybing and trying to keep Roxy going forward I managed to get out the shampoo and had the best shower yet in the torrential rain. Whats more, the rain gods left the water running until all was rinsed off this time!
It was a close call, because I was quite near the equator at the time and I'm not sure if Neptune would have been happy if he had received my toast of shampoo! Luckily, as we crossed the equator, the wind had
returned and I managed to give Neptune a good ceremony with champagne followed by a bar of fruit and nut chocolate.
Now, as I write, it is dark, but I am honored with a fantastic view out of my port porthole - our faithful star Venus has now been joined by the slither of a new moon and the two of them are shining in at me. Roxy is
still crashing through the waves and the normal boat noises have been joined by the occasional "THWACK" of a suicidal flying fish making impact.
Unfortunately I will not be making any flying fish rescues tonight because it is too wet to go on deck for anything other than ensuring maximum boat performance!
S x”
At 1100 UK time, Sam Davies aboard Roxy was in 4th position, 2,634 miles from race leader Michel Desjoyeaux aboard Foncia
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