Tiki Blue preparing for a long haul

Well the wind we encountered yesterday was taking us too far south so we dropped the spinnaker and put the head sail back up and now we are waiting for the next gib files to download to see if their will be any improvement. Right now we are still in very light wind and thinking that we need to start looking at water consumption. Also the one missing dinner has now put Stubble beard (Chris) in a predicament as we've decided he can let us know which leg we can consume when we start running out of food. We have fixed a lot of equipment that did not survive the days of slating so now all topside rigging and sails are in fine working order. Also learning some Kiwi terminology ie. "twitch it on" means to tighten something. The weather is getting warmer and still cloud cover so hoping to see sun in the next few days. Things are starting to dry out as well. It was foggy and wet the first few days. Sounds like a glorious time I'm sure to some of you preparing for grand vacations. We continue to see more marine life porpoises and Toyota tires and other stuff. Right now the Kiwis are really working the sail trim squeezing every ounce of wind we can find. We ghost long at 1.5 to 2.7 knots and they keep smiling. Every now and then I through them a snack. The navigator extrapolator (Tom) is feverishly checking the computer and grib files to find any hint of good news on the wind front. The warlord (Dennis) says everything is going just find. He loves being on the ocean so a few more weeks is a delight. The wrench-men (Larry) has tightened/twitched every piece of hardware on the boat to prevent any more gear trying to get off the boat. I almost forgot today is tooth brush day, nothing like a bunch of salty sailors with a fresh smile.
Keep the wind dance drums a ringing. We can hear them! Capt'n G and Crew (Warlord says hi to Becky!) and the rest of the gang to their loved ones as well.

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