Day 6 Evening from Al

Greetings, Sort of holding our own here in the middle of the race, pacing ourselves.  Trying to keep the powder dry as they say.  We have been following Lightspeed incessantly all day with little to show for it.  We are slowly closing in but it is measured in feet/hour I think.  Had some smoked oysters, parmesan cheese and crackers for happy hour today with chili on the menu for this evening.  Conditions are kind of un-tradewind like with pretty steady 15- 25 knots NE winds but random light showers during the day and evening.  They don't seem to be fully developed traditional squall like cells.  Maybe later on.  No fish caught today but lots more flying fish seen.  Still running along under the trusty A2 kite having a 200 mile DTF day which is pretty pleasing.  Crew is in good spirits and looking forward to our halfway party which should happen sometime tomorrow.  Matt grabbed the boat speed lead today with a 16.3 knot posting  Talk to you tomorrow, Al Tatia, good to hear from you, are you going to Hawaii?  Charles, thanks for all the support,  Al