Day 4 Evening from Al (Alex and Eli)

We are pretty happy campers so far, we moved into first place in our division (touch wood), and the guys are fighting to do the dishes.  Okay fighting might be a little strong but to show how this crew in particular has everyone pulling, there has been a queue for both cooking and cleanup duties onboard Kotuku.  Pole is squared back and we are running deep with the A2 along the rhumbline in the start of maybe trades, NNE at almost 20 knots.  Nice to have a mostly level boat for a change from the first three days.  Haven't seen much wildlife today, just a few shearwaters and storm petrels, no albatross or marine mammals.  A few very light misty showers that leave some wind holes after they pass.  We also passed the 1/4 way point this afternoon and the bats pulled an 11.8 knots to take the lead back from the sharks.  That's all for now and thanks for listening, Al Having a beautiful time surfing the waves with the wind behind us. I am really admiring our handiwork with the New A2 (Tali's Sail) (Shameless Ballard Sails plug) Looking forward to the breeze building even more and get to try out the S4. Want to shout out to Elishia, I love you so much. Miss you tons. We all wish you were here. -Alex BTW how did teddy bear and absolutely do at race week? we need some results... Hi Amy & Solomon (& anyone who might be listening in!):  We're wrapping up another beautiful day today, with some slow times and some very fast stretches.  It's getting a bit warmer and feels very different from sailing around Seattle.   We have been fishing sometimes, mostly for Albacore Tuna.  With no luck.  Even when we used a lure called "Tuna Candy" - go figure.   It's about Sol's bedtime and I'm going to go to bed too - we have shifts of 3 or 4hrs at a time and we rest as much as possible other times.   I hope you guys are having fun.  I'm thinking about you and send lots of love!  Eli