Dalin back on top

I have only six knots of wind and all of the day have had between six and eight knots and so I just try to keep the boat moving as when it stops it gets difficult. I expect to have this light wind for two days. I really don’t look at the other two very much, I try to stay focused on my own race and don’t want to lose energy looking at them. They will probably get out one day before me but we will see, we are not in the same position they are more east than me which for the future is going to be better but checking the weather forecast, especially the high pressure, in one week it is much bigger and so to be more east is maybe the best thing for the tradewinds, but to get through the high pressure I stay focussed. I am watching Thomas Ruyant but he is upwind and I expect him to come back a bit but I expect to keep my advantage as I am 1000 miles ahead I am really happy. The weather is warmer so I took a shower today, I spent more than one month without a shower that is really great I feel so good and can go on deck to watch the sky, the sunrise and the stars, it is a really good moment in this Vendée Globe, the race is so intense but the boat is so fast all the Southern Ocean. So to be a bit slower just now is really great. To try to manage the boat and take care of it and fix small things before the North Atlantic Ocean, we have still a big 15 or 16 days of sailing left before the finish of the race and so for the moment it is fine but in the North Atlantic a few days before the finish line it will be really hard conditions.