Well last night I had great intentions on sleeping lots, however with my proximity to land it was a hard to come by thing. I was sailing on a NE course as Bob (MetBob) has me climbing north to get above some 7 metre swells over the next few days, but this put the French Southern Territories directly in my path……

Then I sat down and watched the news as Jessica at age 16 sailed into Sydney Harbour and it occurred to me that she was able to figure it out at such a young age and do it on her own, surely, I could figure out how to do it with a crew. I signed my contract and committed to the race that night……..

Well I have to say sleeping is the best thing ever... I feel just so much better from the little bit of extra sleep I managed to get yesterday, and now I am no longer falling into heaps and crying over nothing. After finishing the repairs late last night and……..

I made and drank a protein shake and then had a protein ball before finally grabbing my hot water bottles and climbing into bed. I spent nearly 30 minutes shaking before I finally warmed up enough to sleep. Not 10 minutes later and we were hit. I could feel Climate Action Now getting lifted on a wave far larger than all the others around her. We were tossed on our side and there was this enormous roar of white water…..

I am still trying to free that line when the boat lurches and I smash hard against the cabins edge. The rope gets away from me, and without really knowing how, I find myself crumpled in a heap on the cockpit floor sobbing my heart out………

Last night the storm continued to abate. I was still sailing with the third reef in the mainsail and the storm jib up for most of the night, in 30 knots of wind, but as it got closer to dawn I the winds eased to 20 knots and then 15 knots until sleep was no longer an option. I needed to get on deck and increase the sail area……

Well yesterday after I finished putting the third reef in the main sail, I had been planning on finishing dinner and going to bed. It was around 3am and I was exhausted, however this storm had other ideas. Just as I started to think sleep was going to be possible……

Oh, what a long 24 hours I have had. Last night while I was trying to sleep the winds continued to build until they were reaching 47 knots. Most of the night, the winds were peaking at 40 knots and occasionally gusting to 45 knots. This was still enough to cause poor Climate Action Now…….

Well, after completing the blog yesterday and saying I was off to bed…..that didn't really happen. Just as I was going through the motions of brushing my teeth and getting ready, I also checked on the batteries and noticed that I would need to run the……

Well last night was a night of broken sleep. I managed to get to bed at 2am, but I needed to wake up at 4am to complete the micro plastic sample change. I did this with bleary eyes before diving back into bed for another 1.5 hours of sleep and again waking to complete the second sample change. If you remember, we are running a 100 micro filter for 2 hours…….