Atlantic Cup Day 7

There was still no wind in the morning and we are still motor sailing.  We were looking forward to Dan's shift at noon.  It seems that the wind always picks up during his shift and by 1:00 pm we were sailing again.  We still have 80 gallons of fuel which we would be able to motor 400 miles.  We are about 650 miles away, so we should be good.  We put the fishing line out again.  We have been seeing 3 birds for the last 2 days.  Dan and I tried to take pictures, but they fly very fast!  Paul made an awesome steak dinner!  We had a double reef in the main with the stay sail and part of the genoa up.  We were sailing great and the monitor wind vane was steering a course of 345 degrees.  It was perfect!  We new the wind was going to shift on us tonight from SW to NW.  We just were not sure when. 

Atlantic Cup Day 6

We were able to sail all night long.  The winds calmed down to 10 knots on my shift.  Paul decided to put more sail out, however we were only going 4.0 knots.  So, in went the genoa, down went the stay sail, and on went the motor!  Paul went to sleep afterwords.  Crew is pretty tired except me.  I have been sleeping pretty well at night and taking an hour or two nap in the afternoon.  We haven't seen any dauphins since the first night and have not caught a fish yet!  We are official halfway there now!  We are not able to here any other boats on the SSB in the rally except for Glory and Southern Cross.  As the day went on the wind totally died.  I made the famous shrimp dill pasta for dinner.  The evening we ended up motor sailing all night going 6 knots in the right direction!  Paul and Dan saw a meteor coming close to the water and Paul saw 5 shooting star that night.

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     fred 05/21/14
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    fred - 05/21/14
    Glad that you are on passage once again Fair winds & great sails the rest of the way back to the Bay. Judy & I will be cruising the central bay for 5 days over the Mem. Day weekend. Have fun
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    fred - 05/19/14
    It is 5-19-14 & it seems that your northbound trip has possibly taken a break. When do you expect to arrive in the Bay? wait to hear.Miss hearing about your adventures. I have been following the Salty Dawg rally back to the states. Sounds like little wind Fred

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