Where in the World is No Ka Oi - 7/23

Ahoy Race Fans,

The stars at night are big and bright…deep in the heart, oh, wait. That is a different song. Sorry. So, in today’s news from the foredeck, we learned that the stars at night, are big and bright, particularly when there are no clouds. When the clouds come, the stars, they are harder to see. Jupiter follows them with a safe light. In years past, the skies tended more towards clear than cloudy which made a huge difference. Could also impact some of the winds and the velocity.

Continuous discussion of fish and the lack thereof on No Ka Oi leads us to believe that perhaps they really are fishing, potentially catching things, and possibly, with stronger line, could have been eating something other than pasta with gravy and meatballs. This is completely off the planned menu, though and will only lead to anarchy at sea. But, they seem happy so we will go with the flow.

After looking at the stats, they remain in a very solid sixth place. According to the website, sailing along at over 1000 knots (yes, we believe there is a glitch, cause that is fast and the boom is strong, but potentially faster than the new boom can handle). The location looks good and they are lining up for the last serious run when the winds will get a little stronger and the technical skill really puts on a show.

Yesterday we learned that they switched the crew a bit and today they are running with a 2 on deck, 3^rd cooking, cleaning, resting schedule for the next couple days. This gives the crew a little time to catch up on their reading and get some extra rest.

For those of you interested in really cool maps, please take a look at:

Race Standings: http://pacificcup.org/08/pc08-positions.html

Satellite view of the boats: http://trackinfo.fistracking.com/pc2008/

Additionally, the NKO LBC is in the process of putting together a blog which we plan to use to load pictures of the crew and all of the activities. It should also house all of the novels that you receive from the race.

The crew thanks all of you for your support and interest in the race. Fingers seems to be helping in their current crossed state so keep up the good work.

As a side bar, take a look at some of the other classes of boats in the race. Some of them left on the 21^st and should arrive by the 27^th. At some point that is more of a cruise then a race.

Wishing you all the happiest of hump days. If you have any quick one-liner jokes that we can share with the crew, let us know.

Sincerely,

NKO LBC