EOD 10 – Lots of surfing
July 15, 2022
Hi everyone –
We’re feeling like we can almost smell the finish – as I write this, we are about to turn over 600 miles to go. The miles are going much quicker now, thanks to the much steadier trade winds that we’re in now (15-20 knots) and a course that we’re sailing as close to Hawaii as we can.
We’re in Clif Bar mode – doing short watches to keep the helm fresh, scarfing down food that we can eat in hand, drinking lots of water, and literally crashlanding into the beanbag to sleep as soon as we can. We feel that these are good conditions for us, and that we should be able to drive well if we can stay as rested as possible. We just got our 24-hour run – 240 miles. We’re very happy with that.
The squalls have been insistent. We are finally sailing through some blue skies with white fluffy clouds, and the water looks beautiful. I am 100% sure, though, we’ll have another dozen or so squalls to get through before the end. They are mostly just foreboding with very light rain and either a breeze boost or drop (we try to stay away from the backside of these systems). They are huge, though, and I wonder how some people talk about avoiding them. We try to outrun them sometimes, but other times, the jibe angle is worth a lot, and we just deal with the inside of the squall.
We’re feeling like we can almost smell the finish – as I write this, we are about to turn over 600 miles to go. The miles are going much quicker now, thanks to the much steadier trade winds that we’re in now (15-20 knots) and a course that we’re sailing as close to Hawaii as we can.
We’re in Clif Bar mode – doing short watches to keep the helm fresh, scarfing down food that we can eat in hand, drinking lots of water, and literally crashlanding into the beanbag to sleep as soon as we can. We feel that these are good conditions for us, and that we should be able to drive well if we can stay as rested as possible. We just got our 24-hour run – 240 miles. We’re very happy with that.
The squalls have been insistent. We are finally sailing through some blue skies with white fluffy clouds, and the water looks beautiful. I am 100% sure, though, we’ll have another dozen or so squalls to get through before the end. They are mostly just foreboding with very light rain and either a breeze boost or drop (we try to stay away from the backside of these systems). They are huge, though, and I wonder how some people talk about avoiding them. We try to outrun them sometimes, but other times, the jibe angle is worth a lot, and we just deal with the inside of the squall.
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