July 16, 2008 Day 5

Black Feathers
7:00 p.m.
Lat/Long 35 03 N 125 58 W
Distance to Finish: 1918
Course: 220 degrees
Speed: 5.5 knots
Date 7/16/08
We have wind!

Robert is really underway now...his race has truly begun. From noon yesterday to noon today, he did 100 miles. From 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. today, he did 120 miles...a far cry from the 5 miles he did in 12 hours day before yesterday. He is in good spirits and his energy level is high.

NaNa, who dropped out because of battery issues, started the race again, and dropped out again, and plans to restart tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. Third time is a charm...and with all the wind issues up to this point, he could still win, or at least do quite well.

Robert is on his projected course at this point and we have decided to just "head for Kauai" unless I see something really drastic in the computer-generated grids that I can relay to him to change his mind. His goal is to do 125 miles per day.

 

Drs. Crawford, McKelvey and Russell before the race