Greetings from VALIS,sailing slowly towards Oahu.
(My name is Paul Elliott, and I am writing this in third-person to gain much-needed objectivity.)
Our position at 6:60 PDT is 28deg 243min N, 139deg 22min W
We are sailing at about four (Ouch!) knots, pointing a little south of the Islands. We are trying to keep from heading too far north, so today we jibed the spinnaker, putting the pole on the Starboard side. This lets us head south of due-downwind. The winds should be bettr as we get farther south, and we expect some increase in any case (didn’t I write the same thing yesterday?) Yesterday we had a 9:OOAM-to-9:00AM run of 157 miles, and while this isn’t spectacular, it was better than some of the competition. We continue to distance ourselves from last-place in the standings (don’t forget our day-late start), but the race still has 1083 nautical miles for us to go.
Yesterday we caught a nice Mahi-Mahi (pink squid lure). We managed to board it without a net, and Andrew volunteered to convert it into steaks. This 45-inch fish will be feeding us for several days. Pictures attached: ” Paul Proudly Displays His Catch”, and “Andrew Deals With the Consequences”.
Aloha,
SV/ VALIS