Conditions are looking better – the wind is up and we are holding 7 knots of boatspeed. Our noon position on Thursday, July 11, is 32° 42' N x 123° 20' W giving us a 24 hour run of 112 miles. That is not a great distance but definitely better than our two previous days. If you check the Transpac website it will show that we are in 5th place in our class. However, the position reports during the first several days of the race can be misleading since the fleet spreads out north to south in search of wind rather than aiming directly at Hawaii. In about one week the reports will be more accurate.
For us the wind held all night for the first time, and in the morning we decided to take down the #1 headsail and hoist the Code 0 – a type of close reaching spinnaker. The wind continued to build and down came the Code 0 to be replaced with the blast reacher and genoa staysail. Right now we are sailing a course of approximately 240° magnetic and moving along at 7.5 knots. The race is starting to get much better with improved sailing conditions.
-Brian
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