Its 7:15pm and we just crossed the continental shelf where the deep abyss transitions to depths of 250 ft or less. As we did we were escorted by several pods of whales broaching, fluking and just frolicking about. i believe its a small gift from Neptune to ease the disappointment of having to turn Tiki back just 3 days into the race.
We have been motor sailing back making good time and conserving our batteries so we can make a safe return through the shipping channels with running lights, AIS and VHF. Then under the SF Gate around midnight tonight with predicted small craft advisory inside the bay, which means a fun ride back to RYC! In spite of our dilemma our moral is good and just simply enjoying the last day on the ocean and talking about plan B, securing cheap one-way airline tickets to get to Hawaii and great the fleet of boats as they arrive. We look forward cheering on Tiki J for the coveted Tiki award, and tracking Denise, Coyote, Sapphire and all RYC boats .
Its ironic that this trip we have all this water however one little faulty regulator keeps us from using the water for hot showers which we could use after 4 days of sailing. The sat phone is fully charged so we will be able to get this last Tiki report out about thirty miles off the coast.
We did have our half way party and enjoyed all the gifts and party trinkets. The 7 Tiki rum was a hit and we watched Captain Ron on Rune's IPAD. We will be posting some more pics to the Blog when we get back and share some of the issues we were faced with.
We look forward to sitting on a lounge chair at KYC with a Mai Tai and being the first there to great the captains and crew and listen to all the great stories that are part of crossing the pacific in small sailing vessels where nothing is predictable.
LHK to all,
Capt'n Gary, Torben, Judy, Rune and the youngster Ricky and Tyler
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