Message From nicole

We battle on upwind towards our first waypoint of Taiwan. Progress in the right direction is slow and although we are sailin well we still lie in 10th position. Life is fairly tough on board, with the boat heeling over, the waves crashing over the bow, and the sauna-like conditions below making sleep very difficult. The bouncing boat has also left me with a very large bruise following an incident in the head (toilet)! But there is entertainment on board. Yesterday the boys decided that they had had enough of wet clothes from the waves coming over the bow, and did a sail change in their pants. It was pretty hard to concentrate on helming as they stripped off beside me and went off to unhank the sail! We have also been entertained by birds sweeping through the sky to feast on the flying fish, whilst the stargazing at night has become more familiar again as the northern hemisphere stars come back into view.xx