"It's now been a couple of days since we left China. This is our second night of racing and things aren't exactly going as we'd like them to be.
Our small head start in China wasn't of much use in the end: soon after we started we hit a wind hole with no breeze, just four miles from the start and we were all bunched together again.
Once some steady breeze moved in each of the boats took their routing with “Groupama” and “Camper with Emirates Team New Zealand” further down and “Abu Dhabi” close to us, more to the windward side. With the shift we'd waited for we all tacked and then we were on the leeward side. On this long tack to starboard we got a bit of everything, but with no great differences. The biggest was that “Camper with Emirates Team New Zealand” was still close-hauling in their usual fashion, luffing a lot more than the others and slower than the rest, which has paid off over the last two days.
It looks like 'Puma' really did make a big loss, which is what we tried to avoid by any means. It looks like until we find some steady easterly winds are going to get some pretty chaotic breeze, so it's better for us to be patient because this might just be the beginning of some crazy days ahead.
There's not much breeze, but the boat is moving around a lot because of the waves and the adaptation these first few days is tough. In general there are a lot of headaches and little appetite on board, which isn't a good thing, but all we need is a small transition for our bodies to get used to the constant rocking around.
The crew is well. The boat too.
Greetings from on board “Telefónica”
20.43N
115.19E
Iker"
From : Telefonica
Our small head start in China wasn't of much use in the end: soon after we started we hit a wind hole with no breeze, just four miles from the start and we were all bunched together again.
Once some steady breeze moved in each of the boats took their routing with “Groupama” and “Camper with Emirates Team New Zealand” further down and “Abu Dhabi” close to us, more to the windward side. With the shift we'd waited for we all tacked and then we were on the leeward side. On this long tack to starboard we got a bit of everything, but with no great differences. The biggest was that “Camper with Emirates Team New Zealand” was still close-hauling in their usual fashion, luffing a lot more than the others and slower than the rest, which has paid off over the last two days.
It looks like 'Puma' really did make a big loss, which is what we tried to avoid by any means. It looks like until we find some steady easterly winds are going to get some pretty chaotic breeze, so it's better for us to be patient because this might just be the beginning of some crazy days ahead.
There's not much breeze, but the boat is moving around a lot because of the waves and the adaptation these first few days is tough. In general there are a lot of headaches and little appetite on board, which isn't a good thing, but all we need is a small transition for our bodies to get used to the constant rocking around.
The crew is well. The boat too.
Greetings from on board “Telefónica”
20.43N
115.19E
Iker"
From : Telefonica
