S.V. Turicum, July 2, 2010
As the many family members and friends who came to see the start of the race will know, the wind was somewhat weak as we glided across the start line for twenty-four hours of light and sometimes non-existent winds. Turicum was engaged in a back and forth competition with Black Watch which came to a head at Duntze Rock mark located in the open Pacific Ocean. After four hours of clanging halyards and sloppy windless swell, the northwestern winds finally filled in and we started to cover some serous
ground. As I write, we are in 20 knots of wind on a beam reach almost on the rhumb line to Hawaii. Some grey whales graced us with a fabulous show of breaching and tail fluke gymnastics. We are just about to do the call in for locations but regardless, we are very happy with the progress we are now making. Turicum feels solid and all systems are operating as they should. There is a feeling of satisfaction on the part of the whole crew that this adventure that threw a group of strangers together has coalesced into a real racing crew who genuinely like spending time together. A little too rough to write more. Stay tuned.
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