"The Minnow" ARC 2005 Atlantic Crossing

Mike's Exciting Day 5 Thanksgiving Update!

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to you,
Happy Thanksgiving to you,
Happy Thanksgiving to everybody,
Happy Thanksgiving to you.

On to sailing.

We had very good wind most of the day . We sailed fast and most of the time
not too bumpy.

Weatherwise, there's this big low that's some kind of a tropical something
west of us. We were going to go north of it so it could slingshot us into
the lead. It got bigger and is supposed to move north (in our way). We
chickened out and turned south now.

Our Thanksgiving dinner was Mexican fajitas prepared by an Australian. Very
tasty.

Everyday we are supposed to report our noon position (latitude and
longitude) to the ARC people. Bob has been emailing this each day. Today we
were looking at the current standings and we were doing pitiful. Then we
figured out that Bob had sent in yesterday's noon position. The current
standings improved, but our standing still didn't look very good.

We got periodic updates on the Dallas Cowboys v. Denver Broncos game. Patty
sent messages to our sat-phone periodically. However, they ended with the
score 21-21 and we still don't know who won!

Fishing report:

We caught three small ones (two dolphins and a tuna). We cleaned one
dolphin.

Arts and Entertainment:

We broke out the baritone today and Serge, Bob, and I serenaded. The rest
suffered. It was kind of wet outside from rain and splashing so the piano
got put back in it's case.

Baritone solos included "Anchors Aweigh," "She'll be Comin' Round the
Mountain When She Comes," and "Rock of Ages."