Osaka Cup-news from aboard Turbulence.

Good Morning, At the moment we are travelling along quite comfortably at about 5 knots SOG and have been for the last hour or so which is probably the best weve acheived in last couple of days! Been very depressing the last few days for us both being lucky to do 40 miles a 12hr block and watching our freinds on Escapade clocking through the miles like a steam train just adds to the hurt but we are happy for Rob and Joey and we havent given up on a miracle Stephen Bradbury performance for Turbulence! Weve had heaps of rain squalls most with no more then 20knots breeze and a fair bit of rain which is good because it gives us a chance to shower only problem is when some Dickhead (ME) decides that we will leave the masthead kite up through one squall that hits over 30 knots and the kite breaks down both side of tape ( mind you the boat was sitting on 20 knots comfortably )top to bottom we are now no masthead kite for rest of trip! We actually believe we can fix it and i can just see the look on Dougies face from Seaport sails when hes going to have to fix our repair job when we return priceless! The cryovac meals are starting to taste 100 times better and our only major food dilema is that we are a day or two away from having no sugar left! To say that we are enjoying this at the moment would be an absolute lie on both our accounts and anybody who enjoys sitting in no breeze for most of trip going nowhere in a hurry is full of ....! Anyway all the best!

Paul
Turbulence