The wind shifted and built and I really hung on as long as I could before I gybed, but in the end I had to bite the bullet and put the bow down. But is is fine now. Dominique Wavre has done well in the south now and is past Jean Le Cam and I think he will come back at me too, but at least now I can soak down and sail a bit lower to protect myself a bit. We will just have to see how it goes.
Otherwise, everything is OK. It has been hard to catch up on sleep because even though it has been light, there is always something to do, to keep trimming the boat and pushing. It was never really settled and you are always trying to get the best out of what breeze you have.
The forecast keeps changing and with it the routing. At the moment we are on the edge of this high pressure ridge and the gap to the lead is pretty horrible, but you really never know what will happen. The whole situation looking forward is really messy because there are a lot or light patches along the course.
Previously we were much further south and so the high pressure areas would not have the same impact. It is difficult now, much more complicated.
