Day 9. W are in the tradewinds now. Big puffy clouds and steady breeze in the high teens and low twenties accompanied by frequent squalls are now the norm. We have 834 nm to go and are still in 2nd place. Last night we had some excellent sailing with one squall giving us up to 27 knots true for about ten minutes or so. Speeds were solid 12's with a high of 15. The new 2S spinnaker is so bright that at night it glows white, sort of like Casper the Friendly ghost! Almost thought about putting sunglasses on to drive while it was up.
We put in a couple of gybes yesterday to get a little more left and toward Nancy. I think they may have to gybe to finish which will help us shave some miles. Right now we are straight-lining toward the finish and we know we have a speed edge on them in the deep running stuff. So hope to make up some significant time in the final five days. Our projected finish time is......no, not even going to go there. You guys can see it on the website and keep it to yourselves please!
Cheers all,
Doug Johnstone
