I was forwarded this email from Le Flying Fish, in the double handed division. They had a brief conversation via VHF with Music. It sounds like our crew is having a better time of it than these two. Le Flying Fish is a Moore 24, that's right 2 guys are sailing a 24 ft boat to Hawaii. No wonder they sound so tired.
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 1:45:00 PMSubject: Day something or other
Aloha Dan,I'm kind of loosing track of the number of days, in fact, anything not relating to the boat or sailing has been forgotten. I don't remember what I do for a living or what country I live in.Today it's warm without sun. The wind has been dying all over the area. This is kinda good as that is why we went so far south. Hopefully the guys up north have even less wind as they are closer to the high pressure system. Us being south give us more wind, but allows us to move at a slightly better angle without getting to close to the high to quick. It kind of hurts to have had to travel so far south, but hopefully, for the reasons given it will pay off.Yesterday, we saw another racer. It was Music and they were going NW while we were going SW. It was nice to see them and to talk to them on the VHF. They told us that they were ready for their half way party and that they were going to have roast beef. Lucky them. We'll I may not have chosen roast beef for the half way party, but I'm sure it beats freeze dried food.we also had a bird try to land on top of the mast, but it was moving too much and the wind indicator was too pointy for him; too bad has it would have been nice to have his company.Some of the boats are having difficulty charging their batteries because the sun has consistently refused to make himself available. This means that the boat, Elise--an Express 27--that was doing our communication relay to the communication vessel had to "hand us off" to another boat, XL--a brand new Antrim 40 design. The good thing about our SSB being down is that we use very little power, so we are not affected too much by the lack of sun.Wishing for a bit more sun and wind,JP
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Hi Can't wait to turn the computer on to see how you are doing. Been praying for wind. Get some rest....Karen in Wyoming
Hello to the Music crew. This is Pam Thiemann a friend of George's through his sister-in-law Kristi. We heard about your race and adventure from her. Kim is smiling and looking forward to greeting you in Hawaii as you triumphantly enter the port. May God bless you with great joy as you cross His mighty ocean, you must all be very courageous. It is very exciting to follow your trip on-line.
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