Going like gangbusters

We have been going like gangbusters at lots of 10kts speed in 20 kts wind. But our computer got a little wet and flaky so we let it dry out for and it seems to be working, this is a test. We are all doing swell - haha - 10 foot crossing seasthis whole trip, as much as 70 miles off shore at on point. Hope you get this messageNauti Chica's

Spinnaker blow-out

I guess they had an exciting night.
They are currently 6th in class and 23rd in fleet. They are 514 mi from the finish with a predicted finish time 4/2 22:38, about 40 behind 5th place. 5th place is 466 mi from finish.

I didn't like that North Sails spinnaker anyway.
Tom

Sunday morning update

Well it's been a crazy day/night. If you saw our detailed track on iboat you mave noticed a big loop we did around midnight. It wasn't a manover board, or retrieving favorite hat, but we blew up to shreds ourstrongest spinaker in our inventory,while running deep in 25 kts . Of course some of it was our fault, as we were running quarterly swells invertigo-inducing pitch darkness and had just a couple of round ups which puts a lot of stress on the thing. So anyway, we got all 3 corners of the sail on deck, saved the gear, and let the kite go out for burial at sea. That and a new headsail up and a jibe all in less than an hour. You could imagine all hands on deck, tethers on, flashlights and knives at the ready. That was a first for any of us I think.

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We are following the predicted weather and our planned course pretty much as expected, with more wind outside. We have not been able to copy the race committee ssb transitions of place in class and fleet, we are only able to receive their daily lat/long reports. We hope to get into better communications range with them soon.

Go girlfriends! ..... Go Girlfriends!

Well the Nauti Chicas aboard Predator are off and running. They started the Cabo Race today at noon. While it is still very early on in the race, they look like they are moving well and are positioned very nicely in their class. Time will tell.

Wind conditions so far have been normal Southern California winds, strength wise but not direction. The wind has been out of the SW at about 8.5 knots. This has the girls on a Southerly course at about 4.3 kts. I am sure they are looking for the winds to clock towards the West so they can use their spinnaker.

They're off!

The crew is ready...

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Hi from Su.