Black Feathers
7:00 a.m.
Lat/Long: 22.29 N 159.14 W
Distance to Finish: 16 miles
12 hour mileage: 60 miles
Course: 250 degrees true
Speed: 4.5 knots
Date: 8/1/08
Well, here I am again. The times in this email are going to be stated in Hawaii time, which is three hours EARLIER than PDT.
Robert made good mileage last night, however, as he gets closer to Hanalei the winds are dying down. The grids are showing 5 mph winds heading this way shortly so he is doing his best to scoot in before he is becalmed out there. How's this for an exciting finish folks!!!
If he can maintain his current rate of speed, which has dropped from 5.2 knots to 4.5 knots, he should cross the finish line at 8:00 a.m. The Distance of Finish of 16 miles was taken at 3:40 a.m. this morning.
Carroll E came in an hour early yesterday, early afternoon. Feolena and Sunquest came in last night about 5:00 p.m. nine minutes apart. Kali O Kalni was due in at 7:00 p.m., then it was pushed to 8:00 p.m. He called at 8:00 p.m. and he was four miles out. I was on the Princeville Bluff until 8:40 p.m. and he still had not appeared around the point. They are either blessed by the winds or at the mercy of the winds as you can see.
Robert said it is very black out there right now.
Sorry I didn't think to ask about the bird this morning. Not sure if it's still onboard or not....but we all are, virtual rowing is allowed!
During the night I went to www.crawfordkin.com and read all the guestbook entries. Your comments are beautiful and Robert is going to be overwhelmed, as I was. If you haven't already done so, but would like to add to the guestbook, you can either follow the instructions Winston sent, or send an email to Winston and he will post it for you. He says the process isn't all that user-friendly.
Pam, Winston will post the "note for Robert" that you sent. Thank you.
