Day Three

Hello from Urge on Day 3 . . .Has been a steady bash to windward the last 24 hours. The boat continues to be dry, no broken equipment, and plenty of food. So much that we cannot eat all of each days menus and so we are getting a small pile of candy bars, oatmeal, and breakfast bars. We have convened one court of the Uncontrollable Urge Water Justice Board where one of the crew was found guilty of not consuming his daily allowance. The member pleaded for leniency, offering multiple excuses and stories. The court was not impressed and sentenced him to one carrot as a first offense.

Brian's tapeworm continues to be the happiest crew member. We hear rumors that it may procreate due to both the wealth and variety of food it is being fed.

Interesting topic of discussion during the late watches: Would you eat an orangutan if it was farmed: what if it was shot in the wild?

Had some more friendly visitors last night (dolphins) and saw quite a few whales.

The skies continue to be grey and with no moon there is no horizon or stars to drive by so the vertigo is intense. You feel like you are steering in circles.

Expedition routing is now projecting us reaching Hawaii on the 19th. Hard to say if that is accurate as the weather system is a mess.

We are very happy with our course and position after Day1- by distance to Hawaii we were 6th, but only 3 miles behind the leader. Not bad for doing all upwind work and with time corrected, we probably would be in first place. However, that will change today as the rest of the fleet waterlines us. It looks like the fleet start on Friday will have excellent weather and will catch us within just a few days.

James