Sunday 23 , November 2008 06:31 GMT
Telefonica Blue - Bouwe Bekking - (skipper)
Laurent (Pages) is sitting on deck at the exact same spot where he washed away a couple of days ago. He is actually trimming the mainsail, you can’t stop him.
He is getting very, very bored, so we give him this joy, as the condition are not too bad. To give a bit of security we braced him in between two spinnakers, plus made a little stand for his feet to be locked in.
His injured arm is hanging down, besides his body, still unable to use it. He has a lot of pain, but the reason was that he has been sleeping on it.
No painkillers for that. Xabi (Fernandez) took antibiotics today, as he is having similar skin issues as Gabry (olivo) had on the first leg.
Pepe (Ribes) has a sore throat, but just giving him some mild medicaments. Antibiotics are great, but have to be careful with them, we shouldn’t use them too much and to quickly.
It doesn’t seem to stop this leg. Oh yes, we are still racing, and going very nicely. We played the small ridge of high pressure well, and now sailing in a bit more stable breeze.
Three more days of fast reaching and then the casino of the Doldrums will start again, only this time we can’t use any previous information learned from the past, and it will be interesting to see how we are all going to tackle this obstruction, there will be sure different opinions for sure.
Received 06:31 GMT