All in all a great day of speed sailing. I sailed the best speed run I have ever done. Alex sits beside me going through the TRIMBLE GPS files. We did a run somewhere around 49.25/.5 mark. I stuck it in close to the shore, sheeted in to a 10 degree wing angle and banged the main flap in hard. The rest of the run was a piece of cake. The wind was solid but I still don't think I quite got the 'money' gust. A slight dip in the middle of the course cost us a couple of knots. 20 seconds either side might have made things go the other way.

Well, here we go again. It looks like we have two sailing days left as far as the forecast goes... and the forecasts look good. It is only 11-30 here and we are getting ready to take the boat across first. I want to be absolutely ahead of the game today. We spent the morning doing full rig-ups and calibrations on the lawns here and I am confident that she is ready for battle.

Today we have the option of tomorrow... tomorrow we have no option but to go in whatever we are given.

Apologies for the previous one...

Today was old school Walvis Bay. The wind machine that we had begun to lose faith in came back on with a vengeance. We still had a boat to repair after yesterdays adventures so we struggled to get on the water in time. In a way that is not quite right... because I know (with hindsight) that we could have... and really that we should have... been out there earlier. Although it's been a while since the wind came in with such strength so early... that is not an excuse. I know better.