Competitive juices are a poisonous punch. We are creeping along at 1.5 knots at noon on Monday in about 3 to 5 knots of following wind. For a while this morning, we had 7 knots on the beam and were making 4 knots. At anything less than hull speed, we are visited by thoughts of our competitors. These are not happy thoughts at under 2 knots of progress, be sure of that. How much ahead are the rest? Do they have better conditions? Will we fall farther and farther behind? (Read More…)