All,
The race continues! The biggest change for us has been that we are clearly in the water world. Huge sky, vast ocean of deep blue, cloud structures all around and well into the pace of the watches, and life at sea. Everybody is comfortable and doing well. Crew dynamics are warm and jestful. The Chef continues to amaze, with great food and a devotion to the crews health. (i just looked at the table -Capresse salad with lasagne and wine! Awesome)(note later: it was fantastic!)
The boat has drawn first blood - Dennis cut a finger, and Travis hit his head on a corner getting into bed. Neither were smooth moves, but no real harm done.
Gotta Run for now: time to set a kite and see how it goes!
1915PDT- Kite is working.... We are down near 210M, but ok with that for now. Boat speeds are up to steady 8kts (9mph) after some slow periods at 6kts. For the last two days, we've not needed any help from the "standby" crew member. With the kite up on a tight reach, we will most certainly need more help on deck. Going to be a tougher night.
In the meantime, we are collecting weather fax and Dennis has the volume turned up pretty loud; He calls it "music". It sounds worse than a normal fax machine! The crew fought back, and we've now turned it down.
The two boats in front seem to be really fast in these conditions, we're going to work to reel them in a bit, time will tell.
We're back to sailing, task: sail into sunset!
-Bequia Crew
p.s If you want to send a few sentences to the crew, please email the people below: "<>"substitute for the thing... (prevents bots from spamming their address>
Becky Ronk <lastname>co@aol.com
Roshawn Bowers <firstname><lastinitial>@gmail.com
Nicholas Vetter <firstName>.<Lastname>@gmail.com (Still on honeymoon till ???)
p.p.s. current water depth, 15,300ft!
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At 7/14/2012 12:11 AM (utc) our position was 38°06.27'N 122°16.02'W
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At 7/14/2012 12:11 AM (utc) our position was 38°06.27'N 122°16.02'W
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