Jealousy is a terrible thing but I will admit to being a little envious of Ken (Read) and Iker (Martinez) right now. Jealousy is a terrible thing but I will admit to being a little envious of Ken (Read) and Iker (Martinez) right now. <br/><br/>I am sat in a hotel room in Chile waiting for a ship to arrive and collect Azzam whilst those guys are conducted a great match race over the last few miles into Itajai. <br/><br/>They earned this right after sailing an excellent leg from Auckland in - for the most part - horrific conditions. Here in Puerto Montt, a quite beautiful place by the way, we have now finished packing up Azzam and we have the cradle assembled and ready to go. <br/><br/>Since breaking the boat our decision making and planning has focussed solely on getting to Itajai in time and being as ready as we can be for the start of the next leg. <br/><br/>Everything is going to plan except for one important ingredient - the ship to take Azzam to Brazil! The ship was due in yesterday but bad weather has held up its arrival. Every day that we have to wait puts more and more pressure on us to get the repair work carried out in Itajai before the leg start. <br/><br/>We cannot start the work here in Chile so all we can do is work on any other servicing and worklist jobs to save time in Brazil. <br/><br/>To move this along we are also sending two of our shore team to travel on the ship. Most of the sailors are currently flying home for a well-deserved break. <br/><br/>We have sailed pretty much solidly since leaving Sanya nearly two months ago. I am sure the lads will benefit from seeing their families and some home cooking so that they come back ready and raring to go. <br/><br/>Leg 5 has wreaked havoc on the fleet but that is part and parcel of the Volvo Ocean Race. The main thing is that all the crew are safe as boats can be repaired but the same is not always true of their crew. <br/><br/> Follow us