Roxy and the Roxettes Sailing to France - Sam Davies

Hello everyone!
We are finally starting to dry out on board Roxy as the wind is decreasing. There have been clothes and boots airing everywhere, and we've been "chasing out smells" and cleaning everywhere. Life with the four of us cooped up inside an open 60 that is crashing along at 20 knots with a washing machine effect outside quickly becomes pretty "humid"!

We're 800 miles from Lorient, getting closer, but not there yet as there is a High pressure system with no wind in our way - a last hurdle to negotiate! We should be home at the end of the weekend I hope!

Yesterday we had to drop the main to replace the broken headboard cars, which was a good exercise, especially as it made me think about how I would do it alone - just re-attaching the headboard of the sail is a mission becuase Guillame was in a climbing harness up at radar-height!
It was too rough to climb the mast to check whether the damaged cars had also damaged the track, but I had a good look through my super Bushnell binoculars and all looks OK!

I have attached a selection of pictures to describe life on board with the "Roxettes" as the guys have been lovingly nick-named!!!

Sam