Captain's Log

March 19, 2003

Hello all,

Now its my turn. After a slow progression off less favorable conditions from following winds to reaching winds to head winds and now I have 5 kts of wind or less from multiple directions. Seas are relatively calm so any forward motion is not stopped by pounding into waves. I have the full sail plan up for the first time since effecting the jury rig and all appears stable.

It has been a good run these last 3 days getting closer to my competitions, but now that weather advantage is over. The weather files that we download obviously do not have enough data to make a forecast as they are giving wildly different conditions every 12 hours that bear no resemblance to actual conditions.

So for today I will enjoy easy stress free sailing. With a full moon setting and a beautiful sunrise life is not so bad after all.

Alan
BTC Velocity