Here's the latest update from Jelte onboard Jamaica:
Well we've just had a pretty shitty 12 hours. Last night there was a small "thunk" and the boat started to play up. Not responding as well as she should and getting no where near the boat speed we should given the apparent wind we were getting.
We got the GoPro out and filmed the keel, rudders and prop and found there was something stuck on the keel. We couldn't do much overnight, so we lost massively to the other boats. At first light this morning, we dropped the kite and sent Adash (watchleader) over the side for a swim. Result: one massive fishing net with a dead giant sea turtle!
Having now removed the offending bit of netting, our boat speed is back up and we're back on course due East. We managed to hold on to our second place (according to our calculations rather than Yellow Brick; as they are measuring to the wrong finish line), but we have some serious catching up to do!
Ladies and gentleman: please fasten your seat belts, and prepare for WARP
SPEED!
PS. fishing for turtles is highly illegal... we're not sure if this net was intentional or if the turtle was simply unlucky... sad
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