Who stole the wind?

Frustrating times off the coast of Baja California Sur.

As the teams turn left, leaving the coast of California and the USA behind them, the next time they will see land will be Mexico ..... that is if the wind decides to blow.

With more than 2,000 miles still to go in this race, there really is anything in it with the top 9 boats only separated by 58 miles. Currently in 9th, JAMAICA has Western Australia firmly in her sights just 8 miles ahead and will be hoping to reel her in over the next few days. But with average boat speeds down to 7.5 miles per hour (at the start of the race they were averaging over 10) the Clipper Round the World yacht race could be sponsored by supermarket giant Tesco : every little helps .....

It's a frustrating time on board with flat calm seas and trim, trim and more trimming of the sails and the situation will get harder before it gets better as they are just heading into the area where they will encounter the North Equatorial Current which flows at about half a knot in the opposite direction and is likely to impede their progress.

Time for the Rasta Rocket to switch on the after burners and fly past the others. Watch this space - it could be a very long race.