behind the scenes

0730UTC
N09 27
W125 48
1200nm from Baja.
Tomorrow we will be HALF WAY. Rylin is organizing a party. We will dress up & pretend we haven't seen each other in a while. This is a stretch, considering we are 5 people on a 44-foot boat. When someone takes a 2-hour nap it feels like they've been gone for ages.
It's 1:00 AM & everyone just went back to sleep after a rousing to put the 2nd reef in the main. We're still flying along over 8kts in NE15-18kts. The jib has been poled out for 3 days & we just keep going back & forth between 1st & 2nd reef in main. Most delightful thing that happened today was dragging our feet off the bow, thru the water as we surfed 10kts down waves with dolphins criss-crossing just under our toes. Funniest thing that happened today was Dan found a dead flying fish, down below
amongst the setee cushions. If you could see the route this fish had to take to get into the cabin, past the unknowing watch-stander's head, thru the companionway, under the produce hammock & over the table you wouldn't believe it possible!
I should mention that we are not alone. We have some fabulous "behind the scenes" help from our friends Matt Peavy (in Laramie, WY), and Scott Gordon (in SF Bay area) who are sending us daily weather info on what to expect, where to go for wind (more or less of it), and if there are any storms to be concerned about. We are so thankful for their help!