Since starting this race we have been trying to get into the gulf stream, a long stream of water moving north, that should give us a boost on our way to Boston.
Throughout the night we kept a sharp look out on the surrounding vessels and the not too distance thunderclouds putting on an amasing light show for us, by morning however we had lost sight to all bar one competing vessel as the fleet had split up and over our horizon.
Since the start we have sailed with about as many sails as we could hoist, and by the morning we had hoisted the largest spinnaker, the full mainsail, the mizzen staysail and the mizzen, which is helping us to make great progress. We are leading the fleet, and on corrected time we lead our class (D) and currently hold second place overall, an position the crew are eager to keep hold of.
Nova watch were on mother today, and served a unique spicy noodle dish for lunch and we await there chocolate brownies for happy hour and the first votes for the Oscar T-Shirt for this race.
Lou's (WO Pipe Watch) dreams came true today when his continual perseverance with fishing lines paid off dividends with his latest hard core setup reeling in a Mahi-Mahi of the size required for a crew dinner. We look forward to how Nova prepares that later.
Edward Bennett, Crew, Pipe Watch
