As recorded by her gallant Captain and crew.
Up the minute news and information on the Racing Yacht Coyote and her continuing journeys!
Well, we had a few major events today! We officially passed the half way mark at 11 am today! Great, but kind of a non event since we celebrated our half way yesterday. Good thing, because today BBQ’ing would have been a real problem. The wind came up at 10 am. and we had a terrific run today. Sunny and beautiful weather, as we raced along. We passed 999 miles to go, so now we are in the “3 digits” counting down the miles to go… At roll call today, many reported light winds and motoring from breeze to breeze in order to sail. So far we have had our own private wind, and we continue to race along as of this writing (11:30 pm) directly for SF. The forecast for approaching the SF coast is for 20 knot breeze with mild seas, so instead of “going North” we may transit directly in…but will continue to analyze daily. Food time. Yes, it is all about food, and so do the meal surprises. Today I woke to the smell of scrambled eggs, sausage and hash browns. A note on the bottom of a plate indicated that Rick’s and Steve’s breakfast was in the oven! So we enjoyed our coffee, and filling meal. Chinese chicken salad for lunch, and pulled pork tacos for dinner. We will NOT be loosing any weight this trip. Wonder what is on Julia’s menu for tomorrow??? Still a bit weird getting use to another tack after so many days on the Starboard. Cabinets continue to be opened, only to have items flying out and onto our chest. Lee cloths which were not previously used (like Jacob’s) have been strung out to keep us in bed. Leaks are all gone, and the boat is now dry, what a relief. And all day for two days now we have had hatches open to air out the boat. Seas have been smooth, boat is healed over, and no pounding or waves coming aboard. We saw what appeared to be pods of dolphins, several times today, jumping out of the water from 500 yards or so, but could not really make them out. Did see another sailboat this afternoon, one who is not in our return group. We tried to call them on radio, but no answer, so it will remain a mystery boat. A cargo ship did cross within 5 miles of us today, so that was kind of exciting, after seeing nothing for 8 days! Well, 962 miles to go now, so off to bed to rest up for my 0330 watch. Coyote
