Exciting driving in 22 knots of wind alternates with some tuff driving
with formed sea but not enough wind to go through. All that under a moon
that does not want to cooperate and stay behind clouds.
Almost 8 days we have been on starboard tack. My left leg has had a good
workout and I can't wait to jibe (1) to give a chance to the other leg
to catch up.
We are planning to do two jibes; one sometimes tomorrow evening and the
other one in the Molokai channel before arriving to Hawaii.
We have changed our tactic a little bit this past 24 hours to try to
match "Bengal 7" speed and are sailing few degrees higher. As a result
the average boat speed went up and we should have a good mileage for the
past 24 hours, most probably our best 24 hours run of the race.
Wow, new boat speed record as I type .. 22 knots in a 30 knots puff,
record holder: Rossi.
JB
(1) Jibe: turning the boat with the wind coming from behind.
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