Saturday July 19, 2008

Daily Check-In Position Reports

AM
Time: 0900
Lat/Long: 33 33 N 133 40 W
Distance to finish: 1533
Speed: 5.5 knots

PM
Time: 2100
Lat/Long: 32 82 N 134 50 W
Distance to finish: 1470
Speed: 5.3 knots


Ruben's Report:
Ruben is doing great. He has really enjoyed hearing all the comments and well wishes left for him on sparkysfo.com. He says that it lifts his spirits and is very encouraged to hear about all the people rooting for him.

Message from the Home Crew:
Keep those comments coming! You can submit your comments and well wishes by going to: http://www.sparkysfo.com/comments/
Please feel free to submit comments as often as you want! We will continue to make sure Ruben gets them while he is out there.


Fleet Report:
(Ankle Biter) Regarding winning...anybody that prepares their boat as thoroughly as you have to do, to do this race....anybody who gets on board and sails alone from San Francisco to Hawaii is a winner.

(Feral) It is a glorious day today and Tom said it makes you want to just stick around and savor the beauty, but he does need to get to Hawaii. He saw Sparky last night, so they chatted on the radio. He said it felt great to do that! Sparky had a bit of a challenge of its own last night, as Ruben found himself bailing out 30 gallons of water that had come in over Sparky's bow. Tom thinks all is fine now. Both tried to keep a watch on each other's boat last night, but it was hard to wake up at the right time to accomplish that fully, due to tiredness.

-hc