Flat to the mat on the good ship Freya here boss. Trailer park hurled it round the outside early last night and slipped by the park up after portopalo. In very good company with Artie and Co much to the delight of our Maltese bowman Fabio Galea, having traded tacks up the Italian mainland beach’s.  Gradual left shift from here to the fire breathing island now.

Crew in strong spirits and working hard at every opportunity.

” Good afternoon! We are in good spirit, had a great downwind up to the transition and then spent the night working to limit our losses in conditions that don’t suit our boat. Few technical issues but we have managed just fine. Messina is as good as it can get, breeze all the way through and in daylight! Locking into the beat now up to Stromboli. Bit more work then would like to make the ground back but it’s not too far, especially if we can crack off for the rest of the race. I think we have plenty of opportunity to do damage we just need to be patient. Life on board is as you would imagine being 3.2 meters wide and 8 of us. It’s cramped” –  Sam Hall