PUMA EMAIL: 'A solid three-iron'

Saturday 21 December 2008 15:36

PUMA Ocean Racing - Ken Read (Skipper)

A solid 3 iron. That is what it would take to wack a golf ball off of the mainsail of half the fleet at this stage as we literally drift off the coast of Malaysia and its major city Kuala Lumpur.

And when I say there is no wind, I mean complete glass off. E 4 came up to the E3, Telefoncica Blue and ourselves just after the sun set and the breeze died from in front of us. Fortunately the tide is with us at this stage and we are making somewhere between .5 and 1.5 knots toward the finish. Telefonica Blue
just snuck off a bit (as they always seem to do in drifting conditions and we actually have lost sight of Ericsson 3. Mainly because there stern light has blended in to the lights on the 100 or so fishing boats that surround us.

I wish I could say that this wasn't expected but it was. Fishing boats and all...Straight out of the leg three travel guide.

Much more racing to go. About 200 miles worth which may seem like 2000 at this rate.

Kenny