Barcelona World Race: Sidney Writes

Delta Dore's Sidney Gavignet reports.

Hello Earthlings!
Here it is nearly 3 in the morning; the moon has just gone down.
There isn’t a lot of wind and a very calm sea, and the boat is moving on its own. My little Lou Reed session has just come to an end.
The gate at Canaries will throw up a few problems, a juggle with some important wind shadows and quite a lot could happen, including the compression of the pack.
After Canaries the situation is still not looking normal. We should be sailing under spinnaker when we get there but we will be actually sailing into the wind. There are some big options opening up. Delta Dore is really sailing well, there are just a few small things but nothing important, but the boat is really nice to sail and you don’t feel like it is a struggle to ride the waves, it really slips through them.
This afternoon I was thinking of Servanne and Albert and I really want to send them good luck in catching up with the rest of the fleet. The black hole that is appearing after Canaries could well be their friend. These two guys on Delta Dore are looking out for you…
Jeremie has taken up his role as navigator; I try to make sure I am there as much as possible for him so he can spend the time necessary looking at the charts and other weather information. It is undoubtedly the ideal experience for a “byzuth round the world trip” and looking ahead at him doing the Vendée globe I have great confidence in his analysis.

And how about you guys? How is your World? Is it still turning?
We are getting mails from the Transat Jacques Vabres, the monohulss are really having a great fight out there and Mich Desj seems to be about to add another win to his titles.
Right Im going up on deck, maybe we have some guests…or maybe not!