Paul Larsen blog: Slow speed sailing action...

If there is something to 'blog' about I will. Unfortunately we have had a long run of very flat weather and it looks set to continue. We are working through odds and ends but basically we need to keep doing runs to follow a process of elimination. We need to see what is stopping us from getting through the mid-low 50's. We doubt it is lack of power. We think it has more to do with an excess of drag.

Once most of the priority jobs were done, we took the opportunity to take a couple of days off. The days can be very long and relentless when the wind machine is on so you have to take these opportunities to get away from it all when you can.

Namibia is an awesome country and it is always a pleasure just to load the car and disappear out back. They are filming the new Mad Max 4 film "Fury Road" out here at the moment. We often get members of the crew coming down to check out the boat so it was a real pleasure to have the team invited to check out their workshops. It is mind blowing what they do... and the cars... holy s**t! The Australian petrol heads are going to explode when they see these things. The cars will be the stars. As we drove out towards Brandberg mountain we drove right through the set and saw all the 'beastly' cars. In the landscape they were designed for... it was pretty impressive.

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