Why

Why do we do this? By this I mean distance sailboat racing. We are 6 somewhat normal, rational guys although one of us purchased a pair of shocking pink women's deck shoes for the race, so he's a little suspect. We are stuck on a boat racing 800 miles. As of now we've had very little wind, so we're rolling and slating and fighting for every foot. Sometimes going backwards and usually heading in the wrong direction, but what are you going to do? This is the same crew, owner and boat that did Transpac in 2011. Apparently we don't learn or forget what we do learn. Maybe that's it, we have no memory. Currently we're going .9 knots and only have about 700 miles to go. Whoopee! Really we do it because we like it. We like the challenge, the team work and the posibility that we may beat our competitors, although at this point that's not looking good. We also like it for the little things that take place during the day. Yesterday Lord Jim, the captain, had the duty to fix dinner. Buzz had actually purchased the frozen lasagna for him to warm, then had to coach him on to tell when it was done. It struck at the time it was like trying to teach quantum mechanics to chimp. Even in spite of all the instruction Jim managed to burn it. Today we had a bird land on the boat and spend the day hunting for food. He stayed with us for hours and was quite fearless. We finally gave him a heal of bread, which he ate on till he could barely fly, and a name. Jack Sparrow eventually had had enough and flew off to a nearby island. Goodbye Jack, you'll be missed. Its the little things that keep us coming back.

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