Telefonica Blue leg 4 day 12

We were nearly becalmed for half an hour, with 30 miles to go, but now we have some nice breeze again. To make it even trickier a thick fog has rolled in. Will this leg never stop giving us a break? 

We saw on the radar that we passed two boats within a couple of boat lengths and it makes me wonder if these other boats have radar as well.  Iker (Iker Martinez) and Xabi (Xabier Fernandez) told me that during their practice time for the Olympics this happened often, and that once with their 49-er, a fast Olympic class dinghy, they nearly snapped into a small fishing boat. So we are having a crewmember to leeward to keep his eyes open as well.

I really hope for our 49-er sailors that they win this leg, why ........figure that out yourself. 18 miles to go, and still breeze.

Over and out for this leg from me, I hope we pull it off!!!

Bouwe