7/17 update

Good afternoon everyone. Last night was nasty until the moon came up. We had winds in the 20's, completely dark, and crazy seas thanks to Darby. That lasted about 3 long hours. At this stage the crew is pretty tired so to make life a bit easier and to take it easy on the rudder bearing, we went blast reaching with white sails pretty much directly towards the finish at good speed. Today has been more of the same, gusty winds and big seas from a variety of directions. We've been power reaching and having some amazing surfing runs. Killer VMG. Looks like we'll be hitting 100 miles to go around sunset and finishing early tomorrow morning. Can't wait to get to KYC. To give an indication how loopy we're getting, John has been enjoying listening to Mark and me quoting lines from our favorite movies. Probably best kept on the boat…