Too much wet

Last few days were not the easiest on the boat.
On Sunday we’ve started sailing from Oban, after a fantastic send out, making our way to the north of Ireland and then to the west of Ireland.
As we approached west of Ireland, wind started to get stronger, and we have had to sail upwind for the last few days.
It was back to living on 40-45 degrees but this time more crashing into water. So we were flying above the waves and then crashing hard back on the sea.  That made me feel so sick, but having the scopoderm patches helped.  Then it started to get colder and colder, I started having deep coughs, which wasn’t pleasant at all.  Then yesterday I felt no energy in my body, not even helping me to walk to the heads (loo in daily language), or to the galley (kitchen & eating area in daily language).  I have excused myself from my team and from Hannah our skipper as I didn’t feel like I’d make it.  Also, we’ve been eating the emergency food (freeze-dried but quite tasty), and portions got too small.  I wonder whether that was a combination of reduced nutrition, cold days, and tired muscles.  Anyways, I found a protein bar in one of my bags and ate it afterwards and missing the 13-19 watch and sleeping instead really helped for my recovery.  I am back on the deck since late last night. I actually had a moment with the green monster and left it out on the low side with a perfect timing.
Since then I’m doing better.  Today Ken & Vasi were the cookies we have had great lunch (I’ve eaten 2 seconds with pasta and the chorizo sauce) as I was super hungry.  Back to normal portions by dinner, I had one serving and it felt enough.
Other than that, the crew member, who is back from an incident on the previous race, and taken by a helicopter rescue operation from northern US,  has joined us on this last race from Oban.  However, she realised that her bunk is getting wet and wet, which definitely wasn’t pleasant to sleep in. We’ve found a temporary solution to keep her a bit more dry, but I’m glad today she found Vasi has a second sleeping bag and now she has moved to the cookie bunk and is likely to stay warm and dry there. 
On other news, before I got sick, I’ve spent neatly an hour inside the lazorette or laz as we call it.  Clearly upwind sailing fills up our boat with lots of water, so between scooping, and pumping the whole area I was nearly inside laz for an hour during my watch.  What I’ve heard from Andy, who was responsible for the bilges on the other watch, he got very wet as the laz was again filled with so much water.  He said it was nearly Titanic 3. All his clothes and body got so wet, not an ideal situation especially when there is no good possibility to dry things properly. 
Anyways I’ve just found a note which made me happy, and I’m kind of looking forward to arriving at Portsmouth.  When I was in bed sleeping, I’ve dreamed of eating some of my favorite foods, so I may be looking forward to finding a proper Turkish restaurant in Portsmouth.
Due to multiple windholes en route race office decided to reduce the race so there won’t be the sailing to France and back, which in fact is fantastic news for me as it is the stretch where nearly everyone gets seasick.  We are now going to Scily Isles and then turn to Cornwall direction, heading to East of IoW for anchoring on Friday night, and leaving to Portsmouth in the afternoon.