Midway call

This call didn't make it me when I was in Hawaii, so I just recently listened to it. I don't know what's funnier, the call itself or google's translation of it. Enjoy!

Listen to the call here

Hula Girl always buys a round - never just one...

Hula Girl visits Hula Girl

Brainwaves in the lineup at Kaneohe

more crew shots

Hula Girl at the KYC pool

Brainwaves in the lineup at Kaneohe

They finished!

They officially finished at 12:43 a.m. tonight (or is it this morning?). They're tired, happy. They pushed hard these last few days and are glad to be on land (even if it is moving). Can't wait to hear the stories.

100 mile check in

We are only about 100 miles from the finish and after over 2000 miles and 12 day of fast and smelly sailing, we are ready for Hawaii. It has been a fantastic morning, we have a fast night surfing the trades under Capt'n America. tons of shooting stars, moonlight, and great wind and weather. This morning, after an awesome sunrise, we noticed we had been standing on a flying fish for the last several hours. Fish oil and wings smeared all over the deck. Yummy. Andrew thinks he got his flying fish picture, and we keep on moving. Disappointingly, it looks like our competitors had an even better night, but we haven't finished yet. We've changed places about 5 times in the last 6 days, and there just might be another position change left in us. What an awesome division! Brainwaves has behaved nearly flawlessly. We have had on 2 outright breakages (the topping lift and a block on the twing) and both were functionally repaired within minutes. Capt'n Jimmy and the shore team really did a marvelous job of getting her ready for a safe and fast race to Hawaii. The crew did work flawlessly. No troubles, awesome manuvers, nobody sitting on each other's hands. nearly 2 weeks in a 35ft sailboat is a long time not to get on each other's nerves, but everyone stayed focused, friendly, and fun. Here comes Hawaii!

100 miles away!

Brainwaves just checked in saying that they are 100 miles out. The end is near! The Hawaii based shore crew is readying themselves for a middle of the night wake up so we can go greet them when they arrive at Kaneohe Yacht Club. The young ones (4-8) are certainly excited that they get to get up in the middle of the night. Probably no one, on the boat or on shore, will be getting much sleep tonight. Can't wait to hug our guys in person!