Firstly thank you all for the messages of support via Facebook and Twitter. I am downloading my emails a couple of times a day when I get the weather so I still get them all.
Still very fast sailing and very bumpy out here, but the wind angle has allowed me to get some much needed rest after a couple of days that have been hard on me. My loss of miles during my incident and repair means that I cannot follow the lead group as I am not far enough advanced to be able to keep the wind. I am heading east towards Cyclone Claudia, which will hopefully push me in the right direction in a couple of days.
The repair to the tie bar seems to be holding up well although it is currently on the windward unloaded side so I won't really know if it will hold until it is fully loaded while sailing on starboard. I did the repair in the same way as last time as it was the quickest way to get it back fitted again and I had proven it works with the previous repair. If it should fail, I have various other options available which will take more time. So in terms of finishing I don’t see this as a real problem.
I am getting used to the lack of comms onboard, I certainly miss speaking to my wife and the team but we still communicate via email so it is not the end of the world.
