TELEFONICA BLUE EMAIL: 'On deck: wet, wet, wet...'

Friday 21, November 2008 05:11 GMT

Bouwe Bekking, Skipper

Laurent's arm is stable, and he has slightly more movement, but still has more pain than he really wants to admit. Of course the painkillers are doing their job, but also the negative side affects have kicked in; a bad stomach, so now he has to 'run' to the toilet, not easy having only one arm to hold with. We are doing an average of 21 knots, just over 40 km per hour, and over a road where not even a hummer could hold out on doing this pace. Very Bumpy . Lets not even talk about the usage of toilet paper.

On deck: wet, wet, wet, and the guys look like soaked cats when they come down below, but no complaints, they are all doing well. This kind of course always gives good opportunities to guys who don't do a lot of driving in other conditions. Pepe, for example, is one the fastest in these conditions. He just keeps the pressure on and ripping along, slowly but surely eating miles back from the guys ahead of us.

Bouwe