Sam Goodchild (Britain) - Leyton (Class40)

We’re 40 minutes from the turning mark, which is 4.6 miles in distance terms. We lost quite a few miles yesterday in some big rainclouds in the morning, which was frustrating and a bit worrying for us. We’ve now got 30-35 miles on Aïna and ten miles to go, so we’re hoping that the odds are with us.

We had 12 knots ten minutes ago and now 8 knots  and dropping. There are some models that say it’s going to be a complete wind shutdown and we’re going to stop and basically wait for the other. We’re trying to not believe that one and get round the corner and into the Bay and then we can relaxt a bit, but at the moment we’re still a little bit nervous.