Sunday, 13 August 2006
Day 7 - lunchtime thoughts
Jaguar have called in today and all is well. I was worried for a little while why they seemed to be heading into port but was reassured by Skipper Pete that he was just about to tack, and then he had to when the genoa lead car broke again. Not sure if it was the same problem as before or this was the other one but I am sure he will let us know in due course. The main news of the morning is the laptop onboard has died; whether this was Peter B throwong it overboard or it has just given up due to overuse we're not sure. However, they do have another onboard as a back up so hopefully they will be able to be back up and running with e-mails and navigation software soon. In the fleet, both yachts will hopefully have passed ythe 1000 miles or less lileston by the end of the day. This means that they are nearly half way but also have just under 2 Fastnet Races in distance still to travel, so it is still a long way to go! Both yachts have now got passed Jeu D'esprit and are closing in on Mostly Harmless. Magnum is still slow;ly extending her lead but the gap between the 2 logic's is now only 8 miles so its still really close! Sidney, the other sailing School yacht is 10 miels behind jaguar, after taking a flyer west yeaterday, so nothing much was lost or gained by that manouevre.
posted by Sailing Logic at 12:45 PM







