Hello From Yesterday

Midway by name and nature; the fleet is now just over half way through  their mammoth 

Pacific Ocean crossing, although they still have the equivalent of the breadth of the Atlantic 

to sail before they reach California!
 

So today we crossed the International Date Line which has lead to much confusion on board. We started today tomrrow, 

moved back into yesteray and are now back to today. In a straw poll of crew no one got the correct date or day once we 

crossed.....tad confusing to say the least.  It has to be said that the concept of days and dates becomes fairly irrelevant 

on board., it's all about the next watch and our position on the leader board - other measures of time don't really matter
anymore. 

We also returned "home" into the Western Hemisphere which was much comfort to all...until I realised that we actually
live East of Greenwich so in fact ion the Eastern Hemisphere. We're trying to work out if that makes us Asian!?

Race continues to go well - we've banged out a few 240 mile days which are keeping us nicely ahead of the chasing pack 

and slowly catching the 2 lead boats. Still over 2500 miles to go but it's going very well and as skipper put it today, barring
serious damage to our kit, someone has to sail right past us for us to lose our podium position and nothing we've seen to
date suggests that is about to happen. 

Weather has improved with winds at a more favourable angle and the boat pitch down from about 45 degrees to a mere 25-30

 - sea state has calmed though so sleep is back on the agenda. Morale good on board still with the rapidly descendingh miles 

to finish providing a big boost each day. Back on watch now so have to hop. Will try to update again in the coming days if the 

weather holds as promised. Estimated arrival date in San Fran now the 3rd April but lots could change in the mean time.