Remarks of the Day, Tuesday June 18th

Greetings Race Fans.

For those watching along on Yellow bricks you may be wondering, if the crew aboard Mahina Kai has decided to stop short of the finish line to have a BBQ. We are only 60 miles north of Bermuda. However, we are getting there very slowly. Currently we are travelling less than two knots. at our current pace the nav equipment calculates our arrival in 30 to 80 hours. We are hoping for some favorable winds to push that up into a better time frame. Under normal sailing conditions Mahina Kai would cover that distance in less than ten hours. To date we have been averaging 180 nautical miles a day or better. Today will have a negative impact on our daily average.

The Dolphins have stopped by a few time. Originally, I thought they were stopping by to play. I now think they are just swimming by to laugh at us being stuck in the sea.

We see a few other sailboats on the horizon. From their relative position it appears they are not progressing any better than we are. As we converge on Bermuda we assumed we would start to encounter more boats from the race. Given the lack of boats we can only guess they are already at the bar enjoying Dark n Stormies while we scan the horizon for the slightest puff of wind.