Flying the Spinnaker

4 am on a beautiful cloudy early morning; 1300 miles north now. Fishing is good under the full moon and the birds (I can't tell if they are storm petrels or shearwaters) are flying around the boat while keeping up a lively conversation. They have Cinnamon's attention.

We deployed the spinnaker yesterday and then we ran out of wind in the afternoon. I knew it was too good to continue. From 8 knots to 3, and then zero is hard to take. The spinnaker kept collapsing so we finally dropped it and motored for a while. Sometime during Greg's watch he deployed it again, BY HIMSELF, and probably without his vest and tether. We are flying again - 6.6 knots in 11K of wind. My spirits are lifted.
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At 7/15/2011 9:28 AM (utc) our position was 41°36.95'N 164°47.17'W on course 007T at 6.6 knots.

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