Day 3 at Sea -

The ocean out here is a beautiful blue. But for some reason when I was looking at the water behind the starboard rudder there were two greenish trails waving in our wake.  Maybe down about 2 feet.  It looked like green rope!  And the reason that it looked like green rope is that it was, and still is.  Apparently we sailed over a portion of a lost drift line.  We caught about 70 feet of it. Now the only problem is that even with all the sails down we move just over a knot, and with the waves, it does not seem like a good time to try to dive and remove it.  So I have cut the rope off short, just in case we need the motor, and will address it when it is safe.  Also somehow we lost one of the long battens from the main - -one of the 14' battens.  I'm not sure how it got totally out without anyone noticing anything.

The children are having a ball with all the bouncing of the boat. They use the upward force to launch themselves from the hull onto the trampoline.  I took some video.  I guess the goal is to get launched high enough to hit the Genoa, then to land without getting hurt.  So far so good!

We are still trying to either find wind, or calm seas.  Sometimes we just spinnaker downwind to smooth things out.  That is until we remember that this is a race!!

Courage