Day 14, 7/2/21 Moving Closer

With the trade winds fully established our racers are ticking off the miles and posting some good 24 hour averages.Mountain, 12:54Hello friends,It”s been a busy few days aboard Mountain.Aside from the routine small maintenance chores that popped up (they always...

Day 13, 7/1/21

With the R/C fully entrenched in the condo overlooking the finish line, the fridge stocked with food as well as beer ;), arrangements made to pick up the chase boat, vhf radios set up and tested, it was time to enjoy Kauai a bit.Lee Johnson of s/v Morning Star,...

Day 12, 6/30/21

R/C has arrived at the condo overlooking the finish line at Hanalei Bay.Here are the latest reports from the racers.Northern Star, 6/29/21, 09:30Northern Star Daily Check-in. Passed the halfway mark last night, thank you for the party goodies from Randy. All is well...

Day 10, 6/27/21 Halfway

Boats are crossing the halfway point, Opening their gifts and having parties.Keeping an eye out for the halfway barge ;)Hula, 11:29Went to night school last night and took a 3 hour class in spinnaker sockery and wraps. It was taught on the bowsprit.  Holy...

Day 9, 6/27/21 Moving Again

As the Eastern Pacific high pressure begins to stabilize and move north, our racers will feel the trade winds fill in. From Mountain, 07:15Hello from nearly half way!In honor of National Dave Letterman day I made a top ten list to share.Here in no particular order are...

Day 8, Waiting for wind

Shark On Bluegrass, 12:13All well on the shark. It’s “Shark On Blue Glass” right now. 57nm in the last 24 hrs. Who said during the skippers meeting “ the pacific high is not going to be in your way?” FalkGreen Buffalo,  13:17Today mark’s one week on the...