Last night was a brutal squall filled night and the crew is getting tired. On the 4am shift and particularly nasty squall smacked us down so we dropped the spinny and went to jib. Then got into a 2 hour squall on Marks watch that would not let up. The crew slept in and I filled in on some morning shifts so they could sleep. During the day we recover and regenerate from the night sailing and then do it all over again. This Pac Cup seams much more taxing and challenging than previous years. We are hearing the same from other boats on our SSB discussions. Ryan sleeps in the v-birth with wet spinnakers, the mosh pit is always a jumble of minutia and the quarter birth is the sanctuary for the Captain however Tyler is now sharing this since the V-birth is too much for him to handle. Noisy and the pointy end of the boat is always on the move up/down side to side. We have noticed that stubby pole may have an issue on the mast end with a missing stop ring that holds the pin into the male fitting end of the pole. We have a temporary fix to make sure it does not come apart. Our goal is to sail conservatively and not break anything else that would further delay our finish. It looks like we will finish now on Monday morning around 8am. We all can't wait to plant our asses in a recliner at KYC and have a fresh iced down Mai Tai and just chill! time for dinner.. curry chicken .. Aloha Team Tiki
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