07/22/2012
Last night after dinner we had a discussion about whether to drop the large spinnaker and go to the small one because the wind typically gets stronger after dark. After heated dialog, it was agreed that we would stay with the large kite for awhile and then I would make the call. When I finally said we would go to the small sail, two people were unhappy for different reasons. This morning, only one isn't happy. But, that's life. Today we are dodging squalls, trying to stay to the left of those on our right, and staying away from the ones on our left. Working so far, and looking forward to this morning's position report in about an hour. Hope everything is going well for all of you. Next task is to let people sleep. I'm off to relieve Simon. Cheers, All..
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07/21/2012
We have finally broken out of the low that was controlling the CA coast, have the big kite up and bebopping along toward HI. Folks are feeling more hopeful about arriving before our planes leave and Linda and LeeAnn go home without us. Want to thank them for the food they put together and LeeAnn for the cookies. I hope they were good...Simon ate all of them. I think he finds this navigating thing more stressful than his real job.
Only casualty so far has been the flying fish that landed on deck and someone squished when they sat on the poor little guy. I thought I did a really good job of cleaning the boat, but this morning I found a half bag of almonds from 2008. They became fish food.
Cheers from all of us on our little world. Tony
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Big kite sounds good.
Sail fast, sail safe, eat cookies.
07/20/2012, GC-Route...
From 2-6am this morning, we tried to catch a single white dot ahead of us -- this game is huge when sailing in a blanket of grey fog all night. In spite of the challenging night driving and light breeze conditions, ET is moving along nicely under white sails between 6-8 knots just itching for her kite to go up. Seen 20+ dolphins and 2 ships and yesterday we shouted out to our bigger competition crossing barely ahead. The chocolate chip and oatmeal cookies are gone, please notify the coast guard to arrange a provision drop.
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07/19/2012, GC-Route...
Lovely Day on the Water... 8kts of steady wind from 340-350 which is AWA 065 for us. Delighted to run the Daily Position Report & find we ALL chose the GC-Route - phew! We have a wind shift coming but it takes 2days to Shift. So we have been struggling with whether to Set or Not. We tried it once today & ended up heading to Mexico. So we promptly took it down & Tony announced we'll try again tomorrow...which has folks testy every time the Wind shifts past 350! Tried the E.T. Commode tonight... Big relief in more ways than one :) There is something quite liberating about hanging your butt over 10,000ft of water. But we do have to clip-on - Boat Rule. OK...back to the Grind. I think I'm on Watch at 12midnight? Simon :)
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07/19/2012, GC-Route
Started Watches 6pm approaching the Farallones OK...so Sherry's on first? No...read the Schedule! OK...so James&Simon are on first. Then James goes Off at 6pm and Tony comes On at 7pm...so Simon is all alone on First - Damn!
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07/18/2012, Golden Gate Bridge
Linda English got a couple of great shots of the boat leaving the bay.
Aloha E.T.
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