Day 13 400 nm to go

(Blog update at 07:30 July 14)

Position reports as of 9:00 pm July 13, local Vancouver are shown above. The race to the finish is on! The interesting one to watch I think will be Turicum and Pyreneenne. Very close, both have a distance to finish of about 390nm but the boats are separated by 150nm. Someone will have a better sailing angle/speed and it will be interesting to see how it develops.

Below is the weather forecast for Hawaii Offshore through Friday which is essentially where they are sailing now, and what they are sailing into. Life should be much easier aboard after the crashing and banging of the last 10 days, but now getting the most speed out of the boats for the push to the finish will be the challenge.


HAWAIIAN OFFSHORE WATERS
1200 AM HST WED JUL 14 2010


REST OF TONIGHT
E TO NE WINDS AROUND 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
E TO NE WINDS AROUND 10 KT...EXCEPT E
TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 18N. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT.

THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT.

SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT...
BECOMING 7 TO 8 FT SUNDAY.