Who's The Better Act?

Sailing by the Lizard Point this morning Shannon and I simultaneously broke into a stirring rendition of "Jerusalem". Clearly we were both happy to see the green and pleasant fields but our little sing-along came with the added bonus of being a nice little wind up to our Southern Hemisphere friends here on the team. Casey reckons the version of "Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport" that he and Capey gave us on Australia Day was much better. I'm not so sure, and even though we were a little rusty on some of the words (especially in the second verse) we were able to successfully hum our way out of trouble.

Of course, it’s a little frustrating to sail by your home country and not stop in at least for a cooked breakfast and a cup of tea- on top of that we'll be missing the final of "The Apprentice" tonight. On second thought, maybe it’s a good thing we're not stopping. Suffering through the addictive "Britain’s Got Talent" while we were in Galway was enough, although having said that I do hope that Susan Boyle is feeling better.

Extremely close racing here as we enter the English Channel. At the moment we seem to have our nose poked out in front of Tele Blue. There is some really tricky sailing ahead and the mile or so lead we currently have could easily disappear at one of the many traps that is ahead of us. Capey's biggest concern at the moment seems to be that the wind will die out while we are in the Channel and leave us at the mercy of the strong tides.

- Rick