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Day 43 is finished, and that means that Roxy is halfway through her record time of 87 days!!! I think we are pretty much halfway distance-wise too…. so it might be still be possible to break Roxy’s record time from the last race!

After a long night of “wallowing” and a lot of hard work by me to squeeze the maximum boat speed out of just a few knots of wind, we were rewarded by a lovely sunrise, and the first zephyrs of the “new” Northerly wind! This extra bit of wind, meant that I could leave the pilot to do the job and I managed to get a bit of sleep.

Now, there is 16 knots of wind and finally the speedo is reading 15-16knots - AT LAST!!! We are tight reaching, so the dagger board is down and I can hear it “singing”! It is a sweet sound that I haven’t heard for a while and as we accelerate, the pitch gets higher and higher! The objective now is to try and stay in front of the low pressure that is behind us!

I called Brian Thompson on Pindar this morning and I was relieved to hear he has finished his repair to Pindar’s bow structure. He sounded very tired but quite optimistic that it should hold. So now my fingers and toes are crossed for Brian and Pindar, as we go through this windy low pressure system.

And finally, I have a confession to make (to my Mum.) She’s made me a lovely Christmas cake, and today I gave in to the temptation and I have eaten a piece - a day early!!! Oooops, sorry!!! But it is (as always) DELICIOUS!!!! Thanks Mummy!

S x

At 1100 UK time, Sam Davies aboard Roxy was in 8th position, 1,515 miles from race leader Michel Desjoyeaux aboard Foncia

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British sailor asked to divert towards Generali to act as standby to Yann Eliès, who has sustained a serious fracture of his leg..

I am writing this as Roxy is speeding towards Generali and Safran. Yesterday, the race director Denis Horeau asked me to divert towards Generali to act as standby to Yann Eliès, who has tragically sustained a serious fracture of his leg.

Yann was on the bow changing headsails when his boat, which was charging along at 18 knots, crashed into a wave with such force that he felt his thigh bone crack and collapsed. He crawled back along the deck and radioed race officials requesting immediate help.

Marc Guillemot aboard Safran was closer and he is thankfully already next to Yann, offering company and moral support whilst we wait for the Medivac rescue. I can’t describe my feelings of horror when the reality of what Denis was saying to me over the telephone hit home. It is one of the phone calls that I hoped I would never receive - to find out a fellow competitor (and good friend) is injured and suffering. My bruised elbow suddenly became insignificant, although having so recently been hurt, alone on my boat I can understand what Yann must be going through only too well.

I am torn between racing to Yann at a breakneck speed and not pushing too hard to risk damage to myself or Roxy. I know I must be sensible, and get some rest en route so that if I am needed I will be on form. I’m ready to do anything to help, as I’m sure any of the other skippers in this race would be.

The trouble is, as Yann cannot move and we are alone on our boats in quite big seas, there is little we can do other than offer company and moral support as we await the rescue. We are, of course, also on stand by to help if ever Yann’s condition were to deteriorate. I feel for Marc on Safran right now - being so close to a friend who is suffering so much, but feeling almost useless, is a tough situation to be in. At least Yann can now hear a friendly voice nearby which must be comforting and re-assuring.

My thoughts go out to Yann’s wife Soizig and their family, who must be extremely worried to hear that their loved one is in trouble so far away from home.

Thankfully, soon he will be in very good care.

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