The die is cast for both of us, we simply need to sail as absolutely as fast as we can. As the tension increases, I have been working on rallying our mostly corinthian team to work hard. There was a shortage of bunks for the off watch to sleep on the weather side, so at least one of each off watch has been sleeping in a leeward bunk. This is something my racing nature will not allow me to do, so I decided to set an example and have been sleeping on deck on the weather rail when off watch. Now that we may have a chance to beat the awesome group of pros on Pegasus, all have joined up to move to the weather side whenever possible.
Morale is great, and the nightwatch stories and jokes are hilarious.
Besides, it's cooler to sleep on deck anyway. Speaking of sleep, I'm rather short on it right now.