Friday 6pm
We're now 330 miles from the finish and we can smell the Mai Tais. Today as been awesome sailing in 16-22 knots of wind. This morning it was a bit too awesome as a squall came through and gave us 27 knots while we had our big spinnaker up. It was a hairy ride and we almost lost two sails overboard but when things finally calmed down, there were no casualties. It's been mostly sunny and hot the last couple days with an occasional quick rain shower. The fresh water is great but it seems only a few minutes go by before a wave washes over us and we get soaked in salt water again.
Everyone is a little tired and hot and wet and stinky but loving it and getting lots of chances to drive at blazing speeds (for a sailboat). John had an hour this afternoon where the speed never dropped below 14 knots. We have lots of pics and videos to share when we get back. Our corrected position in the standings is not what we hoped for but we should be among the first 5 or 6 boats to finish. In our fleet only Hula Girl is ahead of us on the water and we've passed almost all of the boats that started in front of us. Current ETA in Kaneohe is early Sunday morning. We'll be celebrating no matter what.
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