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Thanks.  I tried to chase one of those weather systems in that last  race and it just never worked out.  Looking at the course tracks, I figured that you (and Snaggs) got better offers than babysitting computers this week. As it was, I pulled a better time than I expected as I really only checked in on the poodles a few times a day -- no lost sleep, no use of the Random Chaos Generator and only one course change set by timer.

Final time:  4 days, 13 Hours, 52 Minutes, 47 Seconds

Elapsed Distance:  2931 nm.

Well, the wolves will cross the halfway point in the next few hours.  At this point, we're 52 hours in and have logged 1,397 miles with 1496 remaining.  I've left orders to share a single t-bone steak among the crew at the midpoint.  I'm not sure that the second half of this run will be as uneventful as the first, but I hope the dogs keep their eye on the ball!

uhm...yeah.  Looking for a better offer than the couch thing myself, but so far my options are limited to a few nights of shovelling horse manure into bags for a scout group fundraiser.

Enjoy skiing!

Ohhh.  Look.  A wind shift!

Well, at least I am consistent.  Consistently 2 hours short of hooking into the weather systems I keep targeting!  argh.  speed down to the mid 20s and it looks like I'll be >just< short of the wind line for the next 20 hours or so. 

...relapse is fully developing....got up once in the night "just to check sails".  Give me another day or so and I'll be sleeping on the couch so I won't miss anything "important".

TR -- I was thinking that you were a bit optimistic in trying to stay in front of that ridge. 

Trying to keep a 28kt average here.  To save weight, I didn't bother packing Otto on this trip and a short while ago I passed the naviguesser I pitched overboard the last time I was in these waters -- the cur sounded just like Dori...."Just Keep Swimming....Just Keep Swimming...."