Day 11 Music for nothing and showers for free
20 July 2019 | Pacific Ocean
Rodney
We are 400 miles from Hawaii or two days away. It is always exciting making landfall. Viva is still in sight trying everything to get around us. It is truly amazing how similar the boats are down wind. We will be on opposite gybes and barely see each other, only to gybe back and have a port/starboard situation 600 miles from Hawaii. Tony again set the trip record last night of 15.1 knots surfing down a huge wave.
The squalls are coming more frequently and for longer periods of the day. The good thing is that it is warm, so we are just enjoying showers for free in the cockpit. Today is another shower day, so we have also filled the solar shower to remove, as Jim puts it "a bio hazard".
It is getting harder and harder to sleep knowing we are close. We sleep/nap a lot just in case we need to be on deck for a maneuver. We expect to be making many sail changes and gybing more frequently as we get close the Molokai Channel.
Unlike other boats, we listen to music and have happy hour each day. I like to think we enjoy the journey as much as the racing. The driver gets to pick the music, or we just put it on shuffle. Right now Ted is rocking to "Lets Groove" by Earth Wind and Fire. I can still remember Ted sporting those tight bell bottom pants and platform shoes in high school. Cheers, Capt Rod