Monday July 7th, 09:00 PST

Rudi calling-in our 08:00 position to race headquarters. We like our positioning South, time will tell.

Roll call is every morning at 08:00 PST. Every racing yacht reports, and every crew member is waiting to know what happened through the night.

That’s because during the night, anything can happen. This morning at roll call, Pyewacket is ahead of us in distance to Hawaii. We are 25 Nautical Miles South of them and have gained about 30 degrees of bearing on them. Pegasus actually also sailed about 5 miles more distance. What does this all mean?

First, on all the race reports Pyewacket will be shown leading in distance to Honolulu. And that is what most people will see. Read on, because there is more to this. The shortest distance between two points in sailing geometry is almost never the straight line. Yes, once again we all know that both boats are going to get lifted as the winds clock around the high. And in a lift, its nice to be the inside boat, which is what Pyewacket is doing. However, our weather analysis on Pegasus tells us to expect more wind along a more Southerly route. Our calculations show us that if our wind forecasts are correct, its well worth sailing extra distance to get South. So, Pyewacket is betting on shift, Pegasus is counting on more pressure. We each have our leverage and given a choice Pegasus wouldn’t trade places with Pyewacket. The next 24 hours are going to be critical: Will the Pyewacket head South in our direction? Will we eventually cross paths? The answers will come tomorrow, Tuesday at 09:00 PST.