As recorded by her gallant Captain and crew.
Up the minute news and information on the Racing Yacht Coyote and her continuing journeys!
10am tomorrow will be the end of day 2 for our return trip, and it feels like we are sprinting along, in smooth seas, 16 knots apparent wind (13 true) - on a very favorable slant, heading directly at San Francisco. Winds are soft and very warm, shorts and short sleeve shirts are the dress of the day and nights. We are taking an unusual course, under the high, back to SF but that is what the weather is dishing out. Looks like a starboard tack for 6 days, then a port tack to finish up the trip. Everyone now has their sea legs, and gobbled up the salad and lasagna this evening. Still very warm and humid down below, little we can do about it, other than use the cool fans Ryan got for us! (Thanks Ryan, I did not know how good you had it!) Can’t open too many hatches, due to the occasional wave that sweeps the deck and drenches everyone in the cockpit! This usually happens when we hit an occasional squall, where apparent winds get bumped up to ~25 knots. We have 1900 miles to go, I am hopeful that we have 13 days remaining, bets are being placed on our arrival time. A booby has been trying to land on our spreaders for awhile now, once landed on the spreader tip, but dropped off after about 10 minutes of struggle. Just came back a while ago, and tried to land on the stern pulpit! Looks like another star and moon night tonight, stars are out now - the moon will hide many stars due to it;s intense light once it comes out. We have something caught in the prop, and will need to dive on it as soon as conditions flatten out. I can see the prop from the stern, but cannot see what is caught on it. Hope that day 3 gives us the same terrific sailing weather. Coyote
