Race News!
1998 Singlehanded TransPac 

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Date:	Sun, 5 Jul 1998 23:42:10 -0700
Subject:	7/5 2100 report
From:	"Terry McKelvey" <sensei@###.com>
To:	"Joseph Oster" <email disabled>

Here are the numbers from this evening's checkin:
 
At Last  29-16 144-51 240M 7kts 896mtg
Compass Rose 29-23 140-42 230M 6kts 1102mtg
Harrier 29-38 143-53 245M 6.5kts 951mtg
Bravo 35-51 141-55 244M 4kts 1060mtg <--- Halfway mark!!!!
Razzberries 29-46 145-28 250M 7kts 882mtg
Color Blind 28-51 144-02 250M 6-7kts 922mtg
Giggles 28-31 144-59 235M 7kts 857mtg
Solitaire 29-53 145-40 250M 7kts 875mtg
Etosha 25-51 148-29 240M 10kts 643mtg
 
Harrier reports his spinnaker sock getting stuck at the masthead...but there's plenty of time to fix it tomorrow (one's sense of time does change during a trip like this...).  Solitaire and Color Blind both report close encounters with their booms - but nothing serious in either case.  Weather is an esy 10-15 kts of wind, 18 in the squalls...and so far not much sun in paradise....
 
I talked to Steve Fosset this afternoon - in addition to setting a new elapsed time record, he also had a really good time.  His main frustrations were with gear failures - he had a big gennaker blow up on him in addition to some other sail damage, and his hi-tech antenna system didn't behave all that well.  But the sailing was good, and now he's off to the mainland for some more sailing - he's set to do a couple of Great Lakes races in the next two weeks....
 
---T
TransPac Race Committe Chair

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