...and hot. Yesterday it hit 40 deg C (104 F), and was humid as hell -- the least comfortable day yet during these Acts. Last summer I remember it being this hot, but not this humid. And the last two evenings we have had cracking good thunderstorms like those we grew up with in the USA's Great Lakes region (Michigan). Reminds some of us of Savannah (Georgia, USA) and the '96 yachting Olympics where we learned to tolerate the heat and humidity, and violent afternoon thunderstorms.

We know full well that it is hot here in July and August, but the brochure said nothing about the humidity! This keeps up and someone in the media will start calling it "Hotlencia."

Loved the headline in yesterday's piece by Matthew Sheahan on the Yachting World website -- "Out of the Frying Pan..."

Lighter breeze today than we had the last few days of Act 4, which is probably good given all the concerns about pre-start carnage. Cooler too, but regardless how hot on shore it is quite comfortable on the water...and delightful in the late evening sitting outdoors for dinner. No wonder they don't start 'til 23:00.

Enough. To quote Bob from the 2007AC Forums -- "Let's regatta!"