Southern Ocean Sailing! This is not how I remember my last few trips
through the Southern Ocean. The conditions could be mistaken for trade wind sailing, Sunny blue skies and nice 15 – 20 knts reaching conditions. It is fast easy sailing, the stuff that they advertise in the Volvo Ocean race brochure! But hey! we where also promised huge waves and ice, well maybe later.

Brasil 1 is in great shape after our little pit stop. Thanks again to our shore crew who did a fantastic job of putting our little “stock car “back together again. Now I know how it feels for a Nascar driver to stand in the pits and watch while the others keep racing while the car is being fixed. It feels good to get back out on the track again to try and score some points. With some good luck we might even catch someone, although it would be the same type of luck needed to win the lottery!

There is little else to report on today as things onboard continue to run smoothly, although there is rumoured to be a time change today which always creates some confusion in the watch system. I could report on the talk on deck but then again that would be suicide.

Knut Frostad – watch leader

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