Our master navigator (Expedition) tells us that we have less than 2 days until our current arrival in Hawaii. We are already planning our landing. The boat is tidy, we are being less frugal with our fresh water, and looking at our entry paths.
The competition is tight. After 2070 miles there are predictions that we might get to the finish within 2 minutes of the next closest boat in our division. What a race!
We spent today taming our Monster and hope to keep it up through the night. Tips from Tim and a long day of variable but light winds are giving us some added confidence. Currently there is a squall on the horizon and we are going to see how much wind it brings before deciding on dousing the chute. It would be awesome if we could rock that thing all night. Or alternatively, it would be awesome if the wind really came up and we could scoot along under the little chute. We will see.
We used the satphone to call the home team today. We hear there are some blog fans out there which is great to hear. We would love to chat more, but sending an email is kind of a pain. When we hear that other teams are sending video from the top of their mast we are jealous of their bandwidth.
I think we are going to drop the chute and then I get to take a nap.
Love you.
Andy
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