July 15, 2008 Day 4

Black Feathers
7:00 p.m.
Lat/Long 36.28 N 124 18 W
Distance to Finish: 2018 miles
Course: 245
Speed: 4.5 knots
Date 7/15/08

Robert is in good spirits...the winds have picked up a bit and hopefully will pick up more. At 4:00 p.m. I checked the skippers' log and found some interesting comments. Most felt the wind would pick up more today than it did and were saying sailing north to get to Kauai was a bit more than exasperating. They hope to get wind and sail southwest tomorrow...it's looking promising... THEN we can give you a race instead of a parking lot!
If you haven't already done so, you might want to check out the photo album on Winston's website. Go to www.crawfordkin.com Instead of checking on TransPac, check on the photo album. Then you will see "TransPac." He has posted a number of photos taken at the Corinthian Yacht Club at the start of the race. He also has the other TransPac boats, so you can see just how much smaller Robert's boat is than most of the others.

There is one "imposter"...but a great one to have in the array. There is an "orange" hulled boat with a number 11 on the side. This boat is not in the TransPac fleet, but...this boat was built in 1918 and was purchased in 1939 by it's current owner, Lauren. Lauren sails his boat every day. He makes his home in Alameda, but has kept his boat at the Corinthian since 1941. Lauren is 95 years of age!
Take care. Talk to you in the a.m.

Jeanne