Everything is all right on board Initiatives-Cœur and Campagne de France !

"Hello
So, last night was fun, bumpy and hard work. A little bit difficult to judge what the speed-limit was, as it was quite windy for a while, and the first windy low alone on my boat this year. A couple of little annoying issues made me struggle to put in a reef, and to shake it out after the strong wind, but apart from that my boat seems to love these conditions (and me too!) Now things have calmed down a lot, and soon we will be struggling to find enough wind. But right now, it’s perfect - a bit of sun, 16 knots of wind, big sails up (perfectly trimmed!) and Initiatives Coeur is happily trucking along.Just as I had finished my big sail change, I caught up with Isa (who was doing her sail change too) and now we are sailing alongside in tandem ..... watch out Boris - the girls are hunting you down together!
More news soon!

Sam"

 

"Yesterday was warm, sunny and light, a welcome respite after the upwind pasting. A day to dry out, eat, sleep, and finally get to grips with all the video stuff. That programme went out of the window in favour of a long lesson on autopilot troubleshooting. It turned out to be a mechnical problem, now solved. I certainly learnt a lot. 
It's been pretty damp since the middle of the night, wind sometimes over 30 knots. Foggy too, so the radar is on all the time. Campagne de France is about to cross to the north of the string of low pressure systems, so imminent rearranging of the entire interior, plus a couple of sail changes on the menu. The sails only weigh 60 kg +..."

Miranda