NE trade winds, 12-18 knots, low swell and waves. Sunny, some clouds, very warm and no shade on deck. It may actually be hotter and humider than Hades inside the 'house'. Dripping sweat on keyboard to type this report.
Crew and boat are doing well. No significant breakage or injuries, except possible long term impairment to our olfactory senses due to toxic sock syndrome. Sailing fast and safe with spinnaker, stay sail and mainsail. Did our first gybe in over 1,000 NM today. Keenly aware of our competitive situation. Saw and quickly passed one of the slower, first start boats, earlier today.
Many more flying fish now, and various types of seabirds trying to feed on them.
This is our sixth day sailing Transpac, making our elapsed time five days so far. We are well past our halfway point, measured by distance, and today we celebrated with a 'special' re hydrated cold pasta salad. First instruction on the package for cold pasta salad: boil water. Who knew? Very tasty. A more libatious form of celebration is contemplated for tomorrow. Or possibly Honolulu.
