We believe we are half way home (actual calculations would take a bit more motivation than is actually present on the boat) so we are celebrating with chicken teriyaki and cheesecake tomorrow night. It has been an sunny, consistent day. We started out with a long line of squalls deftly driven by Andy. He handled the helm through the wind for about an hour and a half with 18 to 20 knot winds and gusts to 24. He has now been renamed Squall Tamer! We have maintained an average boat speed of 7 knots and some of that in as little at 10 knots of breeze (Thank you, Tiki Blue!). We saw a pod of 20+ dolphins cross our bow heading somewhere as they jumped and played. And the sunset this evening started with a pale pink and ended with a beautiful scarlet red. Even though the boat looks as though it's in the 5 knot wind barbs, we have another series of squalls that will keep us moving (and Andy is again on the helm!)
Joe wanted to add: "Home is where the heart is and we are half way there. Love and thanks to everyone for the safe passage and good thoughts. Looking forward to sharing this great experience with you soon. As someone once said, live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
Andy says we should get parrots, sail away and become pirates. We are considering it.
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2 comments:
As of 11 am Thursday the yellow brick tracker says you are 1057.2 from home. If the pirate thing holds I already have my hat. I hope it will not fit my pirate image if it has my name stitched into it!! Sail safe. You are all missed.
And the 1 p.m. report (logging daily for the big map!) has you1034.4 miles from home -- officially closer to SF than Hawaii as the rhumb line goes! Hope the squalls have laid off enough for some good photos to share -- I know the stories are indelibly etched! XOXO
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