Message From GARYJESSOP

Romance and Reality
Reality:Hot Sweaty,hard to sleep,sweating litres when trying to sleep,foul air in the sleeping quaters(in desperate need of fresh air),living on the angle as we have been heeled over from the start beating into the wind,waves breaking over the bow,the bow slamming up and down as the Lady Qing trys to jump her way through, frustrated she can not point as well as others,so like a knight on a chess board we tack our way forward,We are lying 10th..and I/we don't beleive we deserve that -our evolutions have been so slick...and its only day 8 we have at least another 10 to go and haven't even reached the cold.And I can't sit down due to sweat rash.This will get tough, endurance with the living conditions
Romance; on the helm, with yankee3 up,2 reefs in the main,27 nts app wind,no clouds just stars ..it's 11pm and I'm maintining 10.5knts .On the right of me I have the Southern Cross,on the left the North Star,next door the plough(dipper) and to left of the plough Cassiopei.Looking down on me I have my guard of honour Orion.A wave crashes over the deck, the air is fresh on my face,my eyes are wide with anticpiation and alertness,my heart pounds with the shudder,I feel like nothing is going t stop me..YES I feel alive & YES the Romance out weighs the dread of the next 4hrs below.

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