Fw: Fasten your seatbelts

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Date: 7/15/2016 21:23:10

> I don't know where to start. I am stting at the nav desk, seat belted in,
> we are heeled over, rolling about at a beam reach. I have to hold teh
> keyboard down so it doesn't fly off the table. My hands are soaked with
> sea water and abit sticky. Please forgive typos!
>
> Team Adrenalin is : Mark and Shana Howe (owners), Del Olsen (former
> owner), Jon Eberly, Jasper Van Vliet (borrowed from Deception), Alex
> Farell (Alpha Puppy), Randall Landaiche (alpha Puppy), and ALex Knox (War
> Pony). So far, we all still like each other :-)
>
> We had a great start and a wonderful send off from the home dock and from
> our friends on Another Girl.
> We saw humback whales outdside the Gate.
>
> We have yet to see any light winds. It is blowy - 22-32 knots and the
> swell is big - 10 foot or so. Sea spray flies over the deck and douses
> those in the cockpit. Driving last night after the moon dipped below the
> horizon was a real challenge. Our boat speed has been phenomenal. It's
> crazy to be ging 14-17 knots with :"whit"e sails (they are really grey
> these days). Randall hit the fun meter at 20 and hten, Jasper took the
> helm - the boat started humming and then he started laughing like a
> madman. Total white out sea spray - but you could make out the instrument
> display that read 25 knots!!!
>
> Our team is in good spirits despite the damp and lumpy conditions. We are
> dreaming of warmer weather. David Parker sent us off with some amazing
> chicken mushroom risotto and ratatouille. yUm!
> We haven't tucked into the go fast cookies from Robin and Gail or Fred
> PAxton's infamous brownies, yet.
>
> We saw outr frist albatross (the smaller brown ones) and a strom petrel
> and some crazy big dolphins jumping high out of the waves. Due to the
> wind and swell, the rubbish sightings have been minium,al (harder to
> see). I did see a big telephone pole-sized log.
>
> While it is loud and noisy on deck, it is relatively qiet, dry, and
> comnfortable downbelow. This is a completetly differnet experidfnce than
> doublhandingf ona Farr36!!!
>
> We haven't been out here long enough for insightful blogging - more to
> come!
>
> PeaceOut, ShanaCruz50 and the Adrenalin Junkies
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