Wed May 26 13:47:56 EDT 2010, Dunedin, NZ
The day has finally arrived for Hank and me to fly to Victoria to meet Gary and the crew for the Swiftsure yacht race, http://www.swiftsure.org/. We have a full crew of 8 for the overnight race, so it will be nice to see old friends and make some new ones. I am just hoping that we adjust to the time difference quick enough to be of help on the race during watches. After the Memorial weekend race, Gary, Hank, and I will make our final journey back to Olympia for provisioning. Corinna is joining us to lend a hand too! If all goes well and the weather holds, we plan to depart Puget Sound at the end of the first week of June for Hilo.
Many thanks to all of our friends and family (and especially my mum!) who have made this grand adventure possible. While we are offshore, we'll be texting brief messages to Ginny who will keep the position updated on the blog. Here we go....
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Sun May 23 23:05:30 EDT 2010, Puget Sound
Gary at Port Townsend at 2:15pm PDT (9:15am NZST)
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Sun May 23 14:33:06 EDT 2010, Puget Sound
Partly cloudy sailing with hydrovane, from about 10.30 PDT (5.30 NZST)
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Sat May 22 21:53:19 EDT 2010, Puget Sound
At Port Ludlow, overcast and raining. Sent- 7.45 PDT (2.45 NZST)
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Sat May 22 19:53:49 EDT 2010, Puget Sound
Gary is having a good sail from Olympia to Port Townsend. Weather is overcast and 78F at 4:26pm PDT (11:26am NZST).
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Sat May 22 14:59:24 EDT 2010, Puget Sound
Gary is enjoying a nice sail in Puget Sound. It is 80F and sunny at 12:07pm PDT (7:07am NZST). He is not tired from his early start, so he is continuing on a bit further today.
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