It was a groggy and grumbly fleet that assembled for roll call this morning. About half the fleet had major squall activity last night and had little or no sleep. The rest were, well, rested. After the damage of the previous day, there was little news to be reported. The Vic-Maui fleet has been blowing by us.
Today is an anniversary of sorts.
At noon we will be exactly one week into this race. We seem to be doing very well with respect to speed, as by noon more than half the boats will be better than half way down the course. Even the slowest boats are no more than 100 miles or so from the halfway point. Shortly NAI'A will begin passing through the fleet as it makes up time lost to repairs. There is a mental transition taking place in the competitors from a shore-society based mode of perceiving the passage of time to a more relaxed mental rythmn which is in better harmony with the wind and waves.