Blue Moves-Day Six of return journey-Some Fresh fish and wine please!!

Pictures show-Crew at the Vic-maui awards and celebration dinner party for all race boats.Tim and Fraser(top)-Marque and Brian-our return crew member. Brian flew in to Maui to help bring the back to Vancouver. Also-Duane sitting with some of our special greeting team.

Blue Moves 2 Daily Log, Day 6
1:15pm Friday August 4th

Lat 33 14
Long 151 48
DTG 1508
24 hour leg: 154nm
Mostly Sunny, 15 knts true out of the north east.
Baro 1024.3


MAHI MAHI OFFERS SELF FOR THE GOOD OF THE CREW.

Hi All,
We caught our first return fish yesterday afternoon - a Dorado - and cooked it up in some onions, wine and lemon served over rice (Thanks to Tim for the fishing gear). Brian 'The Rookie' Lasley, who eats no fish, gave the crew a lesson in speed fileting a Dorado under sail.

We motored for an hour or so yesterday and half that today, but otherwise the winds have been great. Presently we're moving straight north at 7 knots under #1 jib and full main.

Yesterday Duane removed, redrilled and epoxied the wooden rails that hold the companionway hatch and crew rewarded him with 1 crisp Steinlager for his work.

This morning we were finally able to check in with the Vic Maui return fleet, and most appear to be about 2 days north or north west of us (Antares, Freehand, Tripp Tease, and Kahuna) Red Heather is a day ahead of them.

4:20 At the moment Fraser's repairing the chafed luff of #3 getting ready for hoisting.

1/3 the way back - that's all for now,
La Cru