Day 3 Morning from Al

Twenty four hours straight with A3 up doing 7.5 knot average, we think its good but roll call will tell the truth.  Pretty nice night with winds again varying from 5 -15 knots from the northwest. A few misty showers about.  Barometer is rising as we climb into the high pressure.  The center of the high seems far enough north and west so for the time being there is limited danger in getting too close.  The sharks set a big max velocity number early this morning at 10.4 but it appears the bats have found a stride for a better four hour distance.  Rubber duck still trails but what are you going to do with only an hour to hour and half a day.  Driving in the total darkness at night is tough on everyone with one person calling wind angles and pressure while the driver is going cross eyed staring at the compass.  Eli did a nice job repairing the compass light yesterday as the first night saw it inoperable and a headlamp strapped in its place.  Matt is starting to hear nice grumblings about the food being too plentiful and good, we will just have to suffer through. Al