Osaka Cup-Turbulence Update.19.4.13 1600..... for day 30 and I would suggest if your wanting to read a cheery email this aint the one to read!Day 30 and Eric and I are running out of tears to shed, we are sitting here with only the mainsail up as theres no bloody wind and have been doing so for last couple of days! We are watching Escapade continue to have a dream run and clock up more miles on us which is just digging the knife in even deeper in our hearts! Gusto passed us this morning although further east! The forecast looks shit and very light so at this rate we will be blessed if we finish within 40 days and im glad I changed my flight before I left! Eric is on deck crying and trying to work out why hes such a jinx with the weather gods! We are managing ok without sugar and we've ate all sweets and sugary food all muesli bars and are basically left with cereal and cryovac meals, Ive been having plain rice most days for lunch which probably isnt helping me get that song "I think im turning japanesey I think im turning japanesey really think so" outta my head thats been there for last few weeks, probably get a few beers into me at japan and start singing it and offend someone accidently and get a flying spinkick to my forehead or karate chop to the teeth! I suppose most are wondering have Eric and I had any arguments on the boat yet and the answer is shit yeah, not for couple weeks though and only had two disagreements! First one was when i suggested Eric steer up a little bit and he said would you like me to pull 20 knots of breeze outta my .... too which I replied that would be brilliant and a couple of bottles of Jim Beam and half a dozen dancing girls too please too which was met with dont be a smartarse and on and on it went! The second we will save for later!  Better get on deck and get another doze of depression for the day!
Cheers Paul