Cayenne is now the southernmost boat in Fleet A. We think this is a good thing, since it means we are ahead if going south is a good thing. We think that because of the weather patterns, which say that there is only wind in the south.

Y'all.

So we are getting in the mood for a southerly passage. Delicious jambalaya for dinner, and ath first bottle of truly excellent Tilden Peak syrah that John Lynch sent us. We are looking forward to finishing the half case!

The boat is DRY! That is right folks, and especially Cayenne vets! No window leaks, no chainplate leaks (just a little), no hatch leaks. Dry dry dry. Huzzah. And none of those disconcerting rivulets of water across the cabin sole.

As if to celebrate, the mystery leak in the bilge has stopped too.

We are pondering the weather map, charting our moment to bake a break for hawaii. Maybe today is the day!

In other news, refrigerator temperature is now 15 degrees. We bought a cheap clock with a remote rf temperature sensor at walgreens. Put the sensor in a plastic bag and dumped it in the freezer. When first loaded with dry ice, it reported -54 degrees. Okay, off-watch monitoring the freezer temperature is about as fun as it gets folks!

Well, boatspeed is up to a steady 8 knots. we are 1716 miles from the finish line. That's about 9 days to finish from.....NOW. If we keep it up. And nothing else happens. See you at Kaneohe.

Whoops, speed just dropped to 7.0. We'll be late for lunch.