It has been a beautiful day of sailing today, and we are now officially < 1500 nautical miles from Hawaii. We are still focused on improving our boat speed, and making adjustments to our sail plan accordingly (i.e. putting up bigger or smaller sails based on the wind speed and direction).
Not much to see out in the Pacific except a lot of water. We have seen some sea life! Yesterday an albatross made a casual fly-by Bullet and we passed a lone small turtle on the surface today (who looked as quizzically at us as we did at him). Late last night we had all hands on decks to solve an issue with one of our spinnakers (a "wrap", for you sailing geeks). A couple of us on the foredeck (i.e. front or bow) struggled to solve the problem. When they did, they sat back for a moment to catch their breath -- and realized that a pod of dolphins had been swimming along us the entire time.
Unfortunately it was too dark (and we were too busy) to take any photos of the dolphins, but here is a shot of Navigator Nick and Skipper Larry driving the boat today.
Best,
The Bullet Crew
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