Yesterday was an eventful day with a magnitude of weather conditions; we went from sunny calm conditions to storm force 9!
As the sun rose in the morning the southerly was quickly replaced with a squall turning the winds northerly in a few seconds, and increasing to force 7, this caused some entertainment on deck with a quick drop on the cruising chute for Team America.
Battling on during the day, Nova watch, were caught with even stronger conditions managing to reef the main sail but also drop the mizzen whilst riding the storm out.
Wave heights were between 10 to 15 feet and Rona kicked into her groove hitting speeds of 15 knots through the water and a record 20.1 knots over the ground set during Team America's watch, something not likely to be repeated for some time.
Today the conditions have once again changed dramatically with the sun out in full and not a cloud in the sky, the wind has also dropped to average 4 knots giving us a dreadful boat speed of 1-2 knots. To cope with these conditions we have dropped all sails apart from the light cruising chute, hopefully the conditions will improve as the day goes on.
Nova watch are today on mother watch once again and delighted the crew with fried eggs, beans and bread for breakfast. More fresh bread is to be prepared throughout the day for dinner.
Our current positions is 39,44N 68,53W
Stuart O'Connor, Crew, Nova Watch
