Date: 14 June 2007 Time 1200 Position 34.37.93N 66.37.99W Distance covered from the dock at Royal Bermuda Y.C. 175 NM Distance traveled last 24 hours:162 NM Approximate distance to go: 475 NM To Brenton Reef Buoy off Newport Additional mileage to inner harbor Newport R.I. 7 miles. Estimated Time of Arrival Brenton Reef Buoy: 0600 June 17 Good Day All: The first 12 hours saw the seas at the 6-8' range and winds in the 15-20 Knot range. This made for a somewhat uncomfortable ride. As the night settled in things began to moderate. All that has changed today. During the night things settled down and it became quite nice. The wind has moderated and the seas have come down to the 2-3' range vs. 6-8'. The sun is out and it is a beautiful day. We all got some decent sleep and Pete & I took showers and feel like new people. Very civilized. There is no spray on the decks and the wind is in the 5 knot range. Both Beso & New Frontier are close by. We have had numerous conversations and all is well on both boats. We have not had any messages from Imagine today yet but assume that they are on the home stretch to Newport after crossing the Gulf Stream last night. It looks like we will make the crossing tomorrow night and based on what both Bob and Chris Parker say it looks like a fairly easy crossing. The high pressure system that has been over the Midwest and east coast is moving offshore and should give us a decent crossing. Once we cross the Gulf Stream we should begin to get the influence of the East Coast of the U.S. and pick up the prevailing southwesterly for the final leg into Newport Saturday and Sunday morning. The official time keeper Kay Marsh on Besso has just advised us to put our clocks back one hour so we are now back on Eastern Daylight Time. This gives us as mentioned above an estimated - the operative word "estimated" time of arrival around 0600 on Sunday. This is all dependent on the weather as well any effect that the Gulf Stream will have on us. We passed two sailboats bound for Newport this morning. The Marion Bermuda Race starts tomorrow at 1400. I do not think we will have a repeat of last years Bermuda Race traffic jam. We might see the Marion boats late Friday or on Saturday. Our resident fisherman Dave Balfour continues to stalk the elusive fish with no success. I guess it is time to take dinner out of the freezer. Even New Frontier has not had much luck. They did catch a Mahi Mahi but every one on the boat felt sorry for it as it was only about 12" so the sent it back to it's mother. We are all looking forward to crossing the Gulf Stream in benign conditions late tomorrow. Hope this finds you all well. Jim, Pete & Dave Onboard the Nordhavn 43 Summer Skis