After a beautiful sunny afternoon yesterday, we are back to feeling like we are in the San Francisco Bay. Cold, wet and windy. Actually it isn't that cold but since everyone put on shorts and tee shirts during the heat wave yesterday, it SEEMS cold. We are all having a good time but we would like the sun and warmth to come back and also we'd like the wind to clock around so we can fly the spinnaker. This IS supposed to be a downwind race! At least our next waypoint is Hawaii. Presently 1416 nm to go.
Our SSB has been taken over by the laptop and we can't get control back to do the required daily check-in. We were lucky today that there was another Pacific Cup boat within VHF radio distance and they were able to get our position from us to then relay to Valis, the communication boat.
News flash! I took a break there and Brad tried one more thing, WD-4 [WD-40? --Moristotle] on the cable connections, and we are back in business! The penalty for missing a check-in is one hour, so we are glad to have the SSB fixed. We can now fully enjoy our banana nut and blueberry muffins without the pall of concern over whether we can check in tomorrow.
Our SSB has been taken over by the laptop and we can't get control back to do the required daily check-in. We were lucky today that there was another Pacific Cup boat within VHF radio distance and they were able to get our position from us to then relay to Valis, the communication boat.
News flash! I took a break there and Brad tried one more thing, WD-4 [WD-40? --Moristotle] on the cable connections, and we are back in business! The penalty for missing a check-in is one hour, so we are glad to have the SSB fixed. We can now fully enjoy our banana nut and blueberry muffins without the pall of concern over whether we can check in tomorrow.
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