Telefónica Blue Leg Two Day 6 QFB: received 20.11.08 0406 GMT
Our patient Laurent (Laurent Pages/FRA) will never complain, that is not his art, but you can see he is in lot of pain, and most likely out for the rest of the leg.
He is not happy, as he has never had a major injury in his life, but we told him we cannot turn the clock back, and just have carry on. Of course consulted our team doctor Christina back in Spain, and it was good to hear she had the same opinion. Got advice for the painkillers and anti –inflammatory pills, so Laurent can ‘relax’…………..and enjoy the trip.
Of course as major impact on our watch system, as Jordi (Jordi Calafat/ESP) and Daryl (Daryl Wislang/NZL) are fixing one more spinnaker. The first one they repaired has been up since yesterday afternoon, and since then the mood has gone up again as well, even though everybody is doing overtime on deck with hardly any sleep, the smiles are all back.
Looks like that Puma is having some issues, sailing very slow, and as well strange tactics, hopefully their issues are not too big and that they are not forced to stop on their way. But, it might mean that we can catch them and gain a valuable half point. The same said, for our mates on the black boat, they got the better of us some days back, but now we are catching them again, also that will be a close call for the points.
Cheers,
Bouwe Bekking - skipper