Mountain, 02:40
Greetings from Mountain, where the ship smells of feet and the Captain wishes he smelled half that good.
All is well here – Mountain and I are working hard. According to the latest fleet position reports though, so is everyone else! Really fun race so far- just hitting my stride. Taking naps, tweaking the sails, making repairs, enjoying the view.
Many thanks to all who helped with our prep the last few days leading up to the start.
Hi Grady!
Shark On Bluegrass, 12:02
All well, smooth sailing 12 kn, beam reach, sunshine …
Northern Star, 12:04
All good aboard Northern Star. Jamie alive and healthy.
Green Buffalo, 13:52
First… took me over an hour to send email via Iridium GO! yesterday. Something was “amiss” with the Iridium satellite network. After a lot of patience and retries it all went through. Maybe less satellite coverage over the ocean… or maybe older slower satellites over the ocean? Just guessing.
Things that go bang in the night.
Wind was in the 20k’s – peak 29k – most of the night reaching along under jibtop. “Bang!” That didn’t sound good but nothing obvious. An hour later “bang” again. hmmm
When the sun rose… the boom vang bracket to the mast had broen two of its four “wings/tabs”. Unreliable butt welds… sign.
A few spanish windlasses with spectra and looks “good enough” – but time will tell. Broke these same welds in the 2018 PacCup. Time to talk to the fabricator (Robb of Nozomi told me so back in 2018).
Four days and still nor running under chute… unusual. Due to the High being so far south have not yet made it to its southeast quarter where the wind swings (and I swing west). Tonight or tomorrow for sure “kite up”.
The sun peaked out today and then went away… 4 days overcast… getting old.
It is getting warmer… after 4 days in the same long johns, today was a “wipey” shower below deck – and a fresh pair of long johns… boy does that feel good! Boy did I stink! Maybe tomorrow or more likely the day after a real fresh water shower in the cockpit?
Sardine sandwich for lunch. Thinking tortellini with red sauce for dinner.
Cheers,
Jim
Green Buffalo
Hula, 14:18
No spinnaker, no 7 knots, and alas, no more bird companion. For two days we shared music, stories, and hemp seeds..
Perplexity, 15:36
I was having some email issues but was also sending the go track message everyday. Anyway, things are going well out here. I haven’t received competitor updates in a few days but I’ve never looked at them and don’t think I will. I am just going to sail my race. I have a mast sail track issue at the moment, but checking with the company. I’m hoping it’s not a problem and I’ll be able to shake the reef out soon.
Still cloudy and cld at night but its warming up!
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