What would Friday night be without a trip to the Mission and a stiff drink to start the weekend right…well, we miss SPAF Master P however the break brings “SPAFFING” to other activities for the NKO LBC with visits from long lost friends, family and different activities to enlighten our weekend.
Today we received several messages about all of the shenanigans at sea…lest we begin with the visual of another boat at 10 pm, yes, night. The “other boat” happened to be on the same course as our dear NKO EXCEPT that the “other” boat was “researching” and after some radio communication, both boats passed starboard to starboard (right side to right side) in between what the radar showed as two squalls at (this bit of info received direct from our skipper).
After the passing fun, we insert more words from the evening watch (camera pans in on silhouette of Phil and Karla sitting in the cockpit):
As the clouds disappeared the milky way was as brilliant as ever I had seen it. Glowing white with dark patches creating a surreal glow. Jupiter looked like a street light.
The big dipper and little dipper both shined brightly on the evening deck.
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AND THEN, cause when you have a little excitement, you should most certainly have a lot, they had another visual of yet another boat…who could this be, you ask, well, they asked too. Bullet, she is part of different racing division to HI, came within about 10 boat lengths. Edda knows the owner so they chatted on radio. (Are you thinking that the radio got a good workout in the last 24 hours?), Together, the boats did a couple of jibes in front of a squall, and our crew watched as Bullet sailed off into to the morning sunlight on a different course.
We are many days into the race (and nearly done for those counting), and are inclined to introduce you the cast and crew aboard No Ka Oi – we need sea names, you know those crazy, sea worthy names that people get. While creativity runs a little thick in our heads, we look to you for some additional inputs (yes, this it your chance to participate) and we need sea names for the sea people, hopefully prior to their arrival in HI on Sunday:
Phil – Skipper / Watch Captain (need we say more)
Paul – Navigator Extraordinaire (and has done the race so many times, it is hard to count), Gentleman of Electronics, and future critiquer of the contents of our blog.
Edda – Watch Captain, Lover of Cheese, and not willing to take any guff
Eric – Fore Deck / Spinnaker Dude, Amazing Builder and Chocolate Connoisseur
Karla – Crew, Amazing Helms Person, Puller of Lines, Keeper of Order, Cook, and CAO (Clothing Acquisition Officer)
Pete – Fore Deck / Spinnaker Dude, and CMO (Chief Medical Officer)
With this task to be completed by the end of the trip (you have until Sunday), we bid you all ado. From the shores of gitchy gume and a little mahalo in our heart, more from the NKO LBC tomorrow.
Peace, Out,
1 comment:
I finally found this blog, but have been tracking NKO's progress (and trying to figure out the official site's scoring system [e.g., the Corrected Time]). I have Zero sea legs, but I'm sure the whole crew is having a blast while they work hard. Best of luck with the home stretch run to Kaneohe!
~ Jack Hutchison
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