We left on the lucky 13th around 10 am. So this is the beginning of day 6. We are just passing a 52-foot mono-hull that left Panama 31 days ago. Our total underway time since leaving Panama, (and the rest of the racing fleet), is about 16 days. They are concerned about a rumored countercurrent, so they are unwilling to come down to the wind.
Now, as I have mentioned before we tow a water generator. It pops out of the water in a giant white foamy trail when we hit 10 knots. Now the only issue is when you tow a lure and the generator at the same time. Well it took Shannon a good hour to get that old mess untwisted. The good news is that the water generator produces more than enough power for everything including the freezer, if we travel over 7 knots.
The wind has been found, and to give credit where credit is due, Bigfoot did send us a gigantic grid file that took a good half hour to download. With a short message telling us we needed to head south to the wind. And warning us that he was going to continue sending these giant files until we followed his direction. So here goes 'thank you Loyal for getting us into the wind'. (No more big files please).
Beautiful sailing today with blue waves crested with white foam. And the sun is shining through Trade Wind clouds. These are the days that memories are made of.
We still do though take an occasional wave though over/across the bow.
Good times!!!!
Courage
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