Around the World in 72.9 Days (day 69)

As of 9AM London time Feb 5th Ellen MacArthur is 50 hours ahead of the record. . .In her latest email Ellen said: "Its funny yesterday the finish seemed quite close, now it feels a very long way away. It's going to be tough, it's so cold that I had stomach ache, headache, starting coughing...it saps everything you've got, you can't recover."