Two days of sailing and we are on course for a new record – slowest Transpac. Our noon position was 33°15.6' N x 121°13.4' W. After two difficult days of sailing we are 152 miles closer to Hawaii. For our last 24 hours we logged 83.1 nautical miles. At this point in the race we should be averaging about 150 nm per day. The good side of this is that based on reported positions we have moved up into third place in our class. The two boats ahead of us are Catalina 38's who sail well in these conditions, but when the wind moves aft and we start surfing in the tradewinds we feel confident that we will begin to pull ahead. Right now the conditions are very mellow with no more than 10 knots of wind.
Today's lunch featured Old Guy Hot Dogs in honor of Chris whose birthday we celebrated today. When Chris came on deck this morning at 4:00 a.m. to begin his watch those of us already on deck greeted him with an awful rendition of "Happy Birthday".
So far we have enjoyed three whale sightings, lots of sea lions, and several Mola Mola (sunfish) appearances.
All things considered all of us are glad we chose to compete in the Transpac Race.
-Brian
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