Well no joy sailing wise over the past few days I'm afraid. Yesterday it blew when it wasn't supposed to and today it didn't when it was. Other than that we have had some pretty light conditions.

We took the opportunity to re-skin the wing where it needed it. We are also putting on a superior heat shrink film from HIFI films. It's both thinner (therefore lighter) and stronger than the previous stuff. We did a couple of small repairs inside the wing and also worked on making all the seals between the section much more efficient. I think this should give us a nice kick along.

Well yesterday turned into a pretty wild day. The way the morning was unfolding we knew the wind was going to outperform the forecast. 

 Hi all, just a quick one to say that we have punched through 54 knots, 62 mph and 100 kmh. The fun part is that we did it two up and VESTAS Sailrocket 2 was far from optimally trimmed. It was a wild ride. The day was quite unsettled but I decided to make the most of it and take Adam from WIRED USA for a shot in the back seat. We have never sailed two up before. VSR2 struggled to get started but once she found her feet... WHOOSKA!  It was a crazy ride that took me...well... I'll do the full update tomorrow. I just saw the photos and they are wild. Adam had the ride of his life.

 Today is shaping up nicely as we climb into our MUSTO drysuits and prepare to launch VESTAS Sailrocket 2 one more time. The skies and seas are crystal clear and the wind is already gusting over 20 knots as it swings into the SW where it will lock in to it's normal 105 degree TWA to the course.

Nick is flying back in from the UK but will arrive a bit late, Dave is flying out and just said his goodbyes... and Wally has been sub'd in to help out. Wally takes his work very seriously. He told us he got a sweater for his birthday... but he prefers screamers! Hurry up Nick;)