Day 5
Position: 54,9.15N, 16,22.1W
Speed: 24 knots
Course: 195 deg
Ian Walker - Blog
Hi, just a quick update. We have made pretty good progress despite taking it easy overnight. We have 560 miles to go, so we are pushing out into the stronger winds to get them over and done with. It is hard to believe how much you can learn after just four days sailing – we can prepare ourselves and the boat so much better for the next trip. We have been really really lucky during this trip, to have had strong winds and big waves to test ourselves with. The lads are having fun on deck now - they have 25 knots of wind, rolling waves, a fractional reaching chute up with full main and they have been told to go ‘whichever direction they want as long as it is fast’. They will love cashing in on these conditions.
All being well we should average over 20 knots from here on which will put us back in Cork around lunchtime tomorrow. We have up to 40 knots forecast in the next 24 hours, so we will have to exercise some caution. The Green Dragon is in good spirits and very happy to be nearer to Ireland than Iceland!
Ian W
Green Dragon Racing Team crew list 2000-mile qualification passage:
1) Ian Walker (GBR)
2) Justin Slattery (IRL)
3) Tom Braidwood (AUS)
4) Freddie Shanks (GBR)
5) Andrew Maclean (NZ)
6) Phil Harmer (AUS)
7) Scott Millar (IRL)
8) Guo Chuan (CHN)
9) Ian Moore (IRL)
10) Damian Foxall (IRL)
11) Neal McDonald (GBR)
12) Huang Jian (CHN)
13) Jue Wang (CHN)
