9:03am, Fri July 11
We’ve been getting more wind, 10 knots right now, but teens up to low 20’s off and on. We’ve been flying the largest asymmetric spinnaker (A1.5) some, jib topper otherwise, #1 jib on deck but not getting used the last few days. We had one episode last night where we had 7 knots, put the asym up, and had 18 knots right away, too much to carry that sail on the angle we had for the course we wanted, that was a little exciting, but no big deal. We had it up and down in about 10 minutes of concerted effort, good for a laugh. Had a reef in the main a good part of yesterday, boatspeed up to 8+ knots at times. It was fun to have moved up to 3rd place in our division at the 5pm ssb radio hour. 2nd today? Still overcast, brief glimpses of sun and moon, clouds more formed today, so there is a change. Notably warmer air temps, and the water color has changed to deeper shade of blue. all boat systems working, we had about 2.5 amps of solar charging in the overcast, will have more when we break into the clear. Running the engine twice a day for about an hour. We’re doing 4 hours on 4 hours off watches, with 3 teams of 2 each, with staggered changes, its working well. We’re doing about an hour at a time driving, so that keeps us fresh and awake.
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