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Just talked to Skins. Wind 15 From North. 6m lumpy sea , really horrible . FRO and main on. Expecting plenty on the wind tonight. But blue skies and cold! Then as we spoke breeze went back to West. Just a wee snapshot.

How's the race going?

Charleston Got off to a fairly slow start on port. luckily this put us on a nice port tack lay line that took us cleanly through Motuihe passage and north of D'urville rock. Boat was going nice and fast up to about this point but then it became to choppy for us to safely hullfly down wind without risk of cartwheel. Excess obviously was catching us by now and we coud see them foiling gradually up to us. We decided on an early gybe to Gannet which cost as Excess got the angle right and did two less gybes than us. We stayed close to them through the back of Waiheke and even overtook again br

Ditto , we on Charleston are looking forward to yours and Dans return, nervously or excitedly - I'm not sure which. Casey