Wow. Today we have absolutely been making up for lost time. 24 hours ago we were becalmed and doing zero knots. Today we’ve had to put the brakes on and have stepped down sail twice going all the way from full mainsail and poles out genoa right down for the night to a fully reefed main and only flying 1-3 of the smaller job. Despite that we are surfing along at 6-7 knots. Decent sized swell and seeing the stern of the boat corkscrewing as she gets her heels in and goes for it is certainly exhilarating.

Lots of sail handling practice today and certainly pleased to have done all the training and to have on board two massively experienced sailors from whom we are learning loads. Thank you John and Bernard.

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