Vendée Globe

"It's now properly cold. Yesterday whilst gybing I took the full brunt of a very steep wave - it was freezing! Once the gybe was completed and by now fully shivering I slid below to slip into some thermal mid layers and a fresh pair of boots/socks.  So that’s it, its official - we are definitely in the South.  Rounding the high did not work out so well for me. I was happy with my positioning and from every weather model I saw, I should have earned more gains than I actually did. Then again, arriving in the breeze I cut South again hoping to reach the stronger breeze first - again this really did not work out as well as I had hoped. Now we are all spaced inside a 100 mile corridor of stronger breeze blowing almost directly at our short-term goal, the first official ice gate. Boats are gybing to the north and south within this band of breeze and opportunities for gains are few and far between. I think perhaps that its best for me to sit this one out and wait for a better opportunity."  

Mike Golding (Ecover 3), currently in 9th place, 94 miles from the leader.

 

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