"The crew moral high of rounding the West end of Catalina in 2nd with Pyewacket minutes in front of us and Magnitude a mile behind has been replaced by a new high... the Pacific High has swallowed us up for the time being."

"Our entire fleet that started on Sunday has tried to find a way around this wall and none of our routes could be declared a great success. Rosebud has sailed the most miles but we have not been able to progress as far west as we would like. The Northern boats have worked hard to get West but they now have wait for the trades to fill in before they can make progress South. Most likely the Northern boats will get the trades before us and this might give them the edge."

"While we are drifting around out here is the time that one cannot help but question the logic that lead us to take the Southern Route two days ago. At the time, it seemed so clear that we wanted to have options on days 2 and 3. We did not trust the Grib files that would lock you out in the North if the forecast they were dependent upon did not come true. Our experience has been that the Gribs can be based upon faulty logic. Were we wrong not to trust our routing software? Should we have trusted our boat speed and stuck with our division? Time will tell."