Tango had a great run today. Thru most of the daylight hours we sailed 7.5-8.5kt. This morning the winds calmed into the mid-teens which settled the sea and let us set more sail. The main is reefed at the 3rd highest (of 4) point which is about 1/3 of its' area, the staysail was out 100% and the Geneoa was out about 65%. This gave us a pretty nice ride and was well balanced (0-deg rudder) too. This evening the winds have picked up back into the 20's so we have shortened sail and we are working to slow Tango to 6-6.5 kts for the evening. Easier said than done. Looks like we are sailing into nice sunny conditions too. It was been rainy and cloudy for a week so we are looking forward to the sunshine. We can also tell the temp is getting cooler. We are wearing our foul weather farmer-johns & Janets to keep us warm in the cool 20+ kts of wind.

All is well with Tango and we are a bit ahead of plan. We expect to get to Minerva on Tuesday, early AM... and continue right-on-by without stopping to take advantage of the weather heading to NZ.

J&J