Hi All,
I write this as we approach our last night at sea. We have 80NM to the finish and already have Cabo Frio in our sites. the day has been interesting, with the wind starting at 20 knots and too high to hold a assym, later it dropped off and freed a bit.. Allowing us to hoist the Assym, we sailed through the oil fields where there were many oil rigs in close proximity, passed close by another ship and a few minutes ago we were surrounded by a school of Dolphins..
Right now we are sailing with the A3 doing around 9-10 knots.. yummy..
We are expecting the conditions to change once we feel the land effect which could also have us sailing later in light winds so it is very difficult to forecast our finishing times.. that being said, we need to finish before 15h50 Friday to beat Prodigy and we have a lot of pressure from yachtPort behind.. So we need to see how the night bears on and to whether we get caught in the slow wind zones..
Right now as I write we are listening to the local music stations in Portugese.. We have good reception.
From all aboard Xtra-Link, this will hopefully be the last news while still racing, the next one will hopefully come from ashore..
From the crew of s/y Xtra-Link
Now that is what I call a good yachting blog ! Well done and thanks Dale!
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