270d7ce5-cd46-40ca-a384-918cbcd9a314/e-mail/20060617/153558/2006-06-17T15:35:58.223QFB Simon Fisher / ABN AMRO TWO Leg 9 Day 3QFB Simon Fisher / ABN AMRO TWO Leg 9 Day 3Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009 | QFB Simon Fisher / ABN AMRO TWO Leg 9 Day 3true9Leg0913ContentEmail From Boats17TeamABN AMRO TWO30357d34-2652-4706-86b3-c5417db85fe6Default2006-06-17T15:36:10.6922-08-08 1351 GMTQFB Simon Fisher / ABN AMRO TWO Leg 9 Day 38d45a53b-ac71-4a6b-a306-0bfde5c2b76c1a1edad0-d6a4-4b2f-afe0-60754d09167fImagePrimaryMovf55d256e-23c9-407f-bf6e-5f9e38eacdd3images/assets/VOR1357_sf_183x137.jpgtrueSimon FisherVOR1357_sf_183x137.jpg.jpg13718313cc1213-912e-4fd9-96a8-a3722a5b967fimages/assets/VOR1357_sf_183x137_thumb.jpgfalseSimon FisherVOR1357_sf_183x137_thumb.jpg{Width=183, Height=1.jpg7510010ContentImageVOR1357_sf_183x137,QFB Simon Fisher 183x1372006-03-02T12:41:02.7falsefalsefalsefalse7d78ca14-3394-4f0a-93b5-8c175c5015e4QFB Simon Fisher / ABN AMRO TWO Leg 9 Day 3false0470e7be-e3a7-4661-8037-754e4fe95eccHi There,6d866eb9-f067-4eee-bfdd-cc2c5d6843e2In the final stages of this race we are once more left drifting around in little if no wind. It is a nervous time here on ABN AMRO TWO as we ghost through the water at the head of the fleet. We are all praying that we have enough breeze to carry us over the finish. Simeon (Tienpont) is up the rig looking for breeze, in fact for the first time in this race despite being a bowman. At 105 kilos it is no mean feat hauling his bulk up the thirty metre mast!! bd7e45a9-3e94-4be8-8416-b345837b4efeThe last 24 hours have been good to us, each sched being a little more positive than the last, egging the boys onward towards the finish. We have been free from park ups having always had more breeze than the forecast as we sailed around the tip of Denmark. However, trickier times are now upon us. With only 4 knots of wind the going is getting very, very slow. abdcba00-2c6c-4744-af42-eb8604a2abc7Despite the calm conditions and the slow pace of the boat there is little time to reflect upon what we have accomplished in the last eight months. That can all come later. There is the odd joke about - this is the last37c83d67-740f-4564-be8a-4ad3d6188627time we will do this or that, knowing tonight it will all be over. But for the time being the race is still very much alive for us here and not nearly over yet. We have yet to secure our position and even get to thea52af1a7-b0f9-4b36-8366-0637a7caf1eeline in the dying breeze...cabad8cd-ff9f-41cf-87b8-5e5c5821e6f7Cheers for now,b7c799fb-f071-4d11-b918-7547aca0c5e2Simon Fisher - navigatorIn the final stages of this race we are once more left drifting around in little if no wind. It is a nervous time here on ABN AMRO TWO as we ghost through the water at the head of the fleet. 2006-06-17T10:00:00Sat, 17 Jun 2006 10:00:00 UTC