29 degrees, 47 minutes North 116 degrees, 09 minutes West

Finally, a gorgeous day. Sun, wind, waves. We ended the rolling start at 0700 this morning just before roll call. Engine off, sails up. Had to hand steer most of the day as the wind was still on the light side, but starting around 1400, we hooked up Wilson (the Monitor Wind Vane) and it’s been a downhill slide with three foot waves and 10-15 knots true wind. Nice. We’re running with 130 jib and full main, wing on wing and doing about 6-7 knots. Elan and Danna have been awesome! Last night they had two watches; 1900 to 2300 and the dreaded 0300 to 0700 watch. Both times they bounced out of their bunks (OK, “almost” bounced) and had smiles on their faces as they came up the hatch with their hot tea in hand. Turns out Danna is a very accurate helmsman and Elan is all that plus a solid navigator, so I slept very well knowing we were in good hands. We are 130 miles from Turtle Bay, so will likely get in sometime late Wednesday/Early Thursday morning. Most likely same as last year, which was around 0200. Forecast is for stars and a nice breeze tonight. Here’s hoping. Funny thing about how on a relatively small boat you can still lose stuff. I haven’t been able to find my headlamp since Redondo Beach. I know I had it on as we came in there in the morning, but can’t for the life of me find it now. Maybe because the headband is camo elastic I just can’t see it 😉 Oh well, good thing I have a spare because that’s what we use at night. The headlamps have a red light so we don’t ruin our night vision while making coffee, getting ready for sleep, etc. When out on deck, usually there’s enough starlight for most tasks. OK, dinner’s over and Ann and I are off watch, so sleep is in order right now until 2300.