Breakfast served on deck

In the foreground of the picture are the Rán Racing passengers on-board enjoying their breakfast. The china is special for offshore race – it is colourful so one can see it easily in the galley area and not throw it overboard when doing the washing up. Most importantly it is very light (the lightest the boat, the fastest it will sail) and resistant to heat (our food on board is freeze-dried which means it needs hot water to be edible – just like a pot-noodle at home!) But hey! the pot noodle comes with a stable 4 legged chair when you have it at home – now try to swing left and right while eating it, and a little faster, there you go, just like on-board! In the background is the island of Levanzo which we will leave to port. After that, it will be direct line to the islands of Pantelleria (75 miles from now) and Lampedusa (another 85 miles) which are to be left to port, to the South Comino Channel keeping Malta to starboard and the Islands of Gozo and Comino to port (from Lampedusa another 95 miles). And lastly less then 10 miles after that, we will hit the finish line in Marsamxett Harbour in Valetta. So all in around 270 miles to go. Let’s hope we keep this wind!