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Here we go again - sailing upwind and slowly losing miles. I will not miss this when the race ends. Fortunately it cannot last for days as St Petersburg is less than 300 miles away. What a great city Stockholm is - it is definitely another place on my list that I will need to come and visit again. That city is built to host maritime events and the Archipelago is built for cruising. After the long but picturesque motor to the start off Sandham we made a good start to the leg and enjoyed holding off Ericsson 4 and others for a leg or 2. Now everybody is engaged in a drag race on port tack and we are nearly halfway to Estonia. Hopefully something will change in the weather at some point to shake up proceedings. For now it is a question of doing the best we can to stay in touch with the other boats. The conditions are perfect with flat water, medium winds and sunshine - who knows maybe we can get to St Petersurg without getting wet?