It's pretty hot over here at the moment... despite there being a moderate SW wind. It's not strong enough to have us climbing into Musto dry-suits... but we are all here at the Walvis Bay Yacht Club just in case.

Here is a link to yesterdays video diary...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vABhN7H0WVE

Whilst Friday easily delivered the forecast 30 knot winds, disappointingly, yesterdays ideal forecast failed to materialise.

Yesterday went well-ish. As I speculated before the outing... it was good to simply turn the teams mind to sailing rather than repairing. It was a strange day weather wise. The wind built to 28 knots whilst we held VESTAS SAILROCKET fully rigged at the top of the course. We held on and waited. It wasn't the usual day... fat drops of rain had come down as we walked the boat down to the water. It could have gone either way. In the end the wind did moderate a little.

All the on-shore calibrations were carried out this morning so now we are heading out across the lagoon to speed-spot once more. The wind is whistling outside and beginning to make a steady low roar. Big dark clouds are massing out to sea. It's not a normal day. It's forecast to blow 27 knots but we only have a couple of hours tide left. It's still very gusty.

I decided to go over as it is an exercise that gets the whole team back into sailing mode. It's the best final shakedown to make sure that everything is working as it should be.