Friday, July 22, 2016

Last 60 miles to go

Last sprint to finish. Encore and Tiki are having a drag race along with a lot of other boats converging. We shredded another kite and down to two. Using a small asym right now. Yesterday I finally got on the leader board for all time fastest speed record for Tiki at 24.06 kts. Tiki is about 25,000 pounds a displacement boat so analogy is a tractor plowing a 7 foot trench at 24.06 kts. No joke we have it on the strip charts and expedition nav program. We are eating all that we can and dumping water to speed the boat up. A squall dumped buckets of rain on us and Larry has no more dry cloths. We are all looking forward to clean everything and a full night sleep.

Will is at the helm assuring us we don't lose another sail. haha or maybe just the opposite so i place orders with him after the race. (He is a sail maker) Understand the storm will hit Hawaii so will be on the watch for the rest of our sailors. Activity above deck have to run Aloha Gary.

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3 comments:

Maria said...

Let us be the first to congratulate you on an amazing race!
It has been awesome watching you and hearing some of your adventures.
Enjoy the party, you all earned it!
The Colorado Nelsons

Aesthomas281 said...

We are here to greet you, with the lovely Kelly!!

Aesthomas281 said...

We are here to greet you, with the lovely Kelly!!