Good morning! 

Since we hit the first squall last night we encountered several more and the sailing has been quite challenging. With very light and shifty winds in between squalls and medium to strong winds under the rain clouds, we had to change sails fairly often and our track looks like a zigzag with several doughnuts in it.

Despite the challenging conditions we were the first boat to reach the Doldrums Corridor a few hours ago and are now on our way south - hopefully towards stronger, more constant winds.

The good thing about the rain squalls is the opportunity to take a fresh water shower under the boom. The rain water collects on the main sail, runs down on it and creates a natural shower on the boat. And if you shower with your clothes on, your laundry is done too.

We get an update on the other Clipper Race yachts every six hours and everyone on board is keen to see the latest position reports (0600 UTC). One to find out how the other yachts coped with the light and shifty winds and two, if they gained some miles on us or if we managed to sail away further from them.

Fair winds and a following sea! 

Chris