Day 6 Morning from Al (and Alex)

Good morning, we almost had a repeat last night, S4 up around midnight, fly it through the night and back to A2 come morning.  But last night we had our first good star show of the trip.  Nick broke out the sky view app and we had some fun.  Thought we could see a planet low in the western sky in the early evening.  Nicks phone only has the free app w/o planets so who knows?  anybody?  First squid on deck this morning and first sighting of a flying fish.  Must be getting to the warmer waters.  Also a few more albatross.  Got the fishing line out again in hopes of more bounty.  Talked with Lightspeed on the vhf yesterday, saw their running lights last night, and now their spinnaker is visible about 5 miles in front of us as I write this.  Slowly grinding them down we think.  The crew says thanks for all the messages, Al

Good morning all,
What a gorgeous night of sailing we had. Stars, Squalls, consistent wind.
The Sharks have been taking turns driving, and have been doing up to 36 miles in our 4 hour watches.
Emily had the top speed of 14.3 kts, until matt finally broke that last night with a 15.3. The boat is moving well and morale is even better.
Special props to Matt and Graeme for our awesome afternoon Poki yesterday. It was a special treat. We have been making good ground at night with our outstanding driving skills. We are all anxiously awaiting role call this morning.
Thanks for cheering us on, it is way cool.
Alex and Team Shark Attack out.

Scratch that last picture of sushi. This is what tuna poke actually looks like. Yum!

So this morning they should hear that they've held on to first place in their division and moved up one slot to 8th overall (bumping Icon). That should make them pretty happy.You can monitor the Daily Standings. Notice how they're slowly bumping people off. But then Elan and others are certainly trying to bump them!


Happy tracking!
-Janna