Just to give you brief update after the night. It is early morning here and we negotiated pretty heavy and powerful weather all night. The wind was gusting up to 50 knots. According to the forecast we are in the wing of a depression that centres deep South, but we only had 12 hours of gale.

I never saw so many stars while sailing on the boat. Last night we had frosty air and billions of starts. It was more typical for sky observation in the mountains. Virtually all sky was sparkling. I was standing in the cockpit and looking on this dome of stars and feel that everything is in balance: the Nature, the boat and my body and soul.

Nearly 2 months in grueling and harsh environment of the Southern Ocean. The boat experienced hurricane force winds, 15 meters waves, dozen icebergs, burned down autopilot, blown off B&G masthead unit, damaged main sail, damaged and then repaired rudder and now ahead of Alye Parusa a field of iceberg that threatens the boat safety and Fedor has to balance between race rules and safety of the boat.  

Code Red Iceberg Alert forces Temporary Rules Relaxation SECTORS 11 and 12 of the Antarctica Cup Racetrack are subject to a 'CODE RED' iceberg alert.

Sat telephone session with Fedor Konyukhov 25 March 08, 0800 UTC:

“You wouldn’t believe it but here at 47S in the South Atlantic Zone of the Racetrack it’s as cold as it was at 57S in the South Pacific Zone. I wonder what kind of temperature I would have experienced if I’d have stayed alongside the INSIDE LANE after Cape Horn? I’m sure I would have had to scrub the deck from ice.

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