Old Faithful is back up. Stbd' pole and stbd' halyard. 530 miles to go. Pacing ourselves well. More than 2/3 of the way and still have a working chute. Then there's the "wedding dress".
Our (on the last Monday of the race) 23 July 2007, 0600 PDT position was 22N15, 148W10. Course: all over the place in zero wind squally conditions. Speed: likewise.
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Can you imagine life without Old Faithful? This spinnacker has now how many crossings under his seams?
Nothing can go wrong anymore, keep going. Fast!
TEAM CIRRUS IS FAMOUS!!!
I was updating a friend on the progress of Team Cirrus when... some random ease dropper/ HYC office worker/ Team Cirrus fan said "YOU KNOW CAPT. LINDSEY AUSTIN OF CIRRUS!?!". I was just about to give her the "Who the hell? eye" when I turned around and saw her expression which looked like I had just said I was a documented descendant of JESUS.
Turns out she works for HYC and answers all the phone calls/ emails for Transpac. She said Team Cirrus is the talk of the town, and that she's exhausted from all the random phone calls/ emails inquiring about the progress of Team Cirrus.
Then went on to say that she had seen you in the Star Bulletin, The Advertiser, etc. I was like "yes, I know... and I know about that one too... and I've seen them in that too... and yes, I knew that fact about Capt. Lindsey Girl Austin. Oh yeah, well did YOU know she's also looking into buying property?... yup, she is."
I was trying to play it cool but was beaming with Team Cirrus Pride inside. And I'm sure I was doing a terrible job at playing it cool, and must have looked like I had C.P. (Cirrus Pride) written all over my face.
GO TEAM CIRRUS!!!
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