Friday Day 7 – We’re Racing Again - yippee!

Grey and overcast today, lumpy seas, 25-35 knots, wet weather gear (again) – this was not in the brochure!  

We decide to put a third reef in the main as the sun comes up.  In the light of day, Brian sponges out the back locker to get a good look at the steering cable in the hope of perhaps fixing it. Everytime he opens locker, waves wash over the stern to once again fill the locker. We decide to trust the auto-helm as its still have very rough conditions.  The mood is glum and in the afternoon John decides to crank up Pink Floyd at full blast and we are instantly uplifted. 

Adding the 3rd reef to the main

In the afternoon, Race Control then inform us that we can still race with auto-helm – we’re back!   We are very excited and we affectionately name our auto helm Wilhelmina.  

Happy hour is very happy tonight.  John is our barman and entertainment.  He also prepares our freeze-dried meal – Thai chicken curry and rice which I gotta say is excellent. 

Doing the bum dance :-)

 The sun goes down and all is well.  Sometime after 3am, the clouds are again black and fast-moving.  Another squall hits us with rain, hailstones and 32 knots.  It lasts for an hour which is pretty good.  Roll on Bali! 

Breeze: 20-30+ knots