Night arrivals on day 1 and a lot of paddling on day 2.

Yesterday we left Stockholm with around 10-12 knots of wind heading north east for the nature reserve on the eastern side of Bjorko. There were 5 checkpoints before the finish. As the breeze died, the paddles came out and the slow progress caused the race to be shortened at checkpoint 5. The leaders crossed the line just before midnight with many of the fleet spread across the Swedish archipelago.

Day 2
An 4am start was delayed until 8am to allow time for the wind to fill in. With most of the teams still feeling the effect of the late arrival a large number of the boats were late for the start, including us.

We never really recovered, the late start meant that we were playing catch up for the crossing to Aland and with a dying breeze the back markers were left with a 10 mile paddle.

The good news is that the second leg has been postponed due to bad weather so we can catch up on some sleep tonight and start fresh at 3am tomorrow morning.

Cheers
Conrad

Leg position: 14th
Blue Miles covered: 72 miles

Tags: Archipelago Raid, Conrad Humphreys, F18, Ryan