Skipper's log: Samantha Davies (Britain), skipper, Initiatives-Cœur (IMOCA)

We’re flying again behind the front! Even at night we never stop! We’re both at it, on the settings and also hung over the chart table, looking at the weather files and working out our trajectory. It’s not easy, but we’re completely absorbed in it. Last night was really dark and very long. There was no moon, it's like sailing blind. We couldn’t see the horizon between the sky and the sea - everything was black! From time to time we’d see the stars, but not often. The radar is monitoring ahead of us, because we know that we’re in an area where the fishermen don’t always have good lights.

We are taking turns every hour and a half in order to continue catching up on sleep. For the moment Paul is asleep, and I’m fine-tuning.

Good night!

Sam