At times I was feeling poorly about my prospects. It is hard sometimes to pick a strategy and stick to it while your position in the fleet keeps getting worse and worse. But there is a valuable lesson to be learned in keeping to a long-term plan instead of going for the quick easy short term gain. Still, doubt creeps in when you see yourself fall to 48,000th place!

I stopped looking at leg rank and forced myself to focus on the weather, both current and forecast.  THe point was not to be as close to the lead as possible sailing past Madagascar, but to be as close as possible to the lead at the finish line.

I knew for the start of the whole virtual adventure that winning a leg was probably not in the cards. I don't have the time to do nothing but virtually sail around the world. I wanted to finish as many legs as possible and the whole even in the top 10%. It's a goal that keeps getting easier, in part because more people keep joining the race!

My finish in Abu Dhabi? 9,089 with a total of 164,478 boats competing.

My current standing after two legs: 14,594. I'd love to get this number under 10k.

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