We’ve spent today dodging squalls and trying hard for some good mileage to outrun the light air that is forecast to fill behind us. Breeze has been good for us – 15-18 knots, so we’ve had some fast conditions for Raku. We’re switching off helming more frequently, and the breeze is expected to lighten this

It’s been a busy day on Raku…early this morning we held a team meeting at 0130 to discuss weather and whether we should jibe. Then, we ran into another something that was really vibrating at the keel, so we took the kite down, and backed down…and successfully removed ourselves from a 6 foot piece of

Today has been really pleasant so far. We’ve had the A2.5 up all day, good breeze, not too much, not too little (8-12 mostly). It was warm, but not too warm, sunny at times, but more clouds. The waves are still incredibly small, with almost no swell. Presumably, we’ll start to see some bigger swells

Things are going well onboard Raku. We are into our offshore routines now – watch schedules have been ~2.5 hours off, and for the most part, we’re bunking in the quarterberth or in the beanbag. Earplugs do help a lot (we have a whistle on deck if the other person is really needed), and I

Aloha! Today started out interesting. During the night we were beating slowly, due south, near Limitless when suddenly our speed slowed way down in 8 knots of wind. We figured we must have wrapped something on the keel. Fishing gear? Plastic? Who knows? It was pitch black, so no way to see anything. Long story

It’s been a good day – we had a good start in nice breeze out through the gate. It’s been light since, but we’re doing our best to connect the dots. We did hit our first (and hopefully only) thing about an hour ago. We think it was a sunfish because we saw one just