Verkar bli hårda bud under kvällen. En frontpassage ger vindar på 20-22 m/s och upp 30 m/s i byarna. Våghöjden kan bli upp till 7 meter… inget för veklingar alltså!

Hello!

Finally we are out racing the Vendee Globe. The first night has been full-on, with too many sail changes and tacks! I tried to take advantage of a shift during the night, but tacking is SO hard and takes SO long with all this gear on board! Stacking is a nightmare, especially in 30 knots of wind and big seas! I think I lost more with my tacks than I gained from the shift!

Now it is day one, I am getting into the rhythm. The wind is building, between 30 and 40 knots. Roxy has 3 reefs and the ORC, and we are smashing though the ginormous waves!

All is well on board, I even managed to have a cup of tea this morning. We’re expecting up to 55knots in the front this evening, so I am preparing for that.

The only annoying thing is that a little bottle of engine oil has exploded in my aft stacking toboggan, so there is oil everywhere, it’s like living on a moving ice-rink (a rather smelly one – lucky I don’t get sea sick!) Luckily, I have oil absorbing cloths in my spares, so I can clean that up properly once the front is through and everything calms down!

Otherwise, all is well on board ROXY!

S x