The good (and happy) ship Mission Performance got off to a great start from Jamaica, keeping pace with the leading pack over the next two days, it was exciting upwind sailing with the boat excessively heeled over. Working on the bow, spray coming over the deck and getting soaked to the skin, these are the best times! Unfortunately with inaccurate weather forecasts we began to lose ground and ended up in a huge wind hole. Being at the front of the pack must be over rated .....well that's what I'd like to think and I definitely wouldn't want to swap boats for any of it!
The race up to New York was meant to be fast paced and take about a week, but with this lack of wind we have accepted 9th place and 4 points, So now the engine is turned on along with three other boats and we are trying to get to the Big Apple by Monday, where we have corporate days, maintenance, ...oh and a bit of sight seeing to do.
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