I built a tool last night during the bigger repair I had to do since the start. My foil rake ram ripped off the foil on the port side. I managed to fix it on a fixed rake now. Naturally, it felt as good as seeing the Albatross just after. To sum up, fixed rake on port is a small handicap now but we can continue.

We are trailing along here with this front and we seemed to be pretty much on the edge of it, but therefore the conditions are unstable a bit and between 13 and 20kts of wind, average about 15kts, not easy to be fast all the time. We do what we can. We had a good night, no sail changes, and all is well on board. The distance with the leaders will change dramatically, they will gain a lot. Also I had AIS contact with Clarisse which was nice to have a direct companion, I heard her speaking on the VHF but I could not see her now. I am alone again. The sea is a little bit short and stubby, no so much to report. The front pack? Amazing, big respect, amazing run they are in a lucky spot now thanks to their own efforts and it is really great to see. I am a bit jealous obviously but the race is still long.