Only two hours to the start of the second leg of the bluQube solo 1000. This leg is the hardest, 525 miles from Ireland to Santander in Spain across the bay of Biscay, it is also the most important to me as this leg is the official qualifier for Ostar 2009, my ultimate goal.
We had a nice and relaxing time in Kinsale although some of the skippers had to run around to sort out the last few remaining problems, get diesel and food. We woke up this morning in pouring raing, lets hope the clouds will drift away in time for the start, i really dont like the rain.
The crossing we are about to set for is by far the longest distance I have ever attempted to cover and although there is always some apprehension at the back of my mind I think it will be alright and i managed a nice deep sleep throughout the night! It is quite important to start fresh to do a good start and clear land before any chance of sleep.
I was pleased with the results of the first leg, I was nine in IRC, which isnt great but I was only 26 minutes from second place after 30 hours of racing, it is quite amazing and also shows the competitiveness of all the skippers in the fleet.
There is a last briefing in few minutes then we'll set off for the start line. I will try to send a few updates during the race and hopefully relay some info as we agreed to keep radio link, also I will be receiving position reports so I'm sure the entire fleet will be quite interested in talking to me to find out how they're doing ah ah!!!
Ok, ciao for now.
Marco
British Beagle
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