FLASHGIRL

FLASHGIRL is a light displacement high performing cruising yacht. Color is red with gray decks and a tall white mast. She is 12M, or 39-feet long and carries water ballast. The boat speed average is around 6.5 knots, and she sails well at any point of sail. Of course she is faster off the wind! :) Flashgirl is an interesting boat. Basically a Wylie 39, which Warwick modified with a deeper, lifting keel with bulb, a lofty fractional rig with cutter capability and water ballast.

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Posted: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 - 16:47

0330 UTC - Tues 01Nov16: Our weary sailors are taking it easy, sailing with a triple reef and a staysail. They are currently on starboard tack, sailing a course of 095M in 20-25 knots of wind and

Posted: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 - 00:00

2200 UTC - 01 Nov 2016: Last night was a windy one with 25 knots and this morning has brought the light airs I've been promising them. They are in light airs, with left over lumpy seas, sailing with

Posted: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 - 16:09

0200 UTC 31Oct16 - the boys have been running deep all day in a gale. Y'know, when the wind makes those long streaks of white foam on top of the waves. Exhausted, in a dying gale, they are now lying

Posted: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 - 00:00

Commodore and Robert have been running deep....seems to be a trend. Today's variety of SW breeze has been about 15 knots, and the current sail plan is single reef and stay sail, trucking along at

Posted: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 - 00:00

FLASHGIRL has been running all day with the red sail, our high-clewed reacher, and a double reef. They are seeing 12-15 knots from WNW, about 290M. Bar is 1017. Interesting to note that they have

Posted: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 - 00:00

Things are looking good! Awoke to a 7:30am PDT call from Commodore They are sailing between the lows at the moment in 10-20 knots. The wind is SW from 240M and they are sailing a course of 065M

Posted: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 - 00:00

1393 miles to go at 5pm local time today! The westerlies have finally filled in, hurray! FLASHGIRL is on port tack with 2-reefs and the #3. There is 22-25 knots of wind and it is squally with

Posted: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 - 00:00

Received call 2300 hours PDT. Headwinds. NE 20-25 knots. It appears they are in a squash zone between two high pressure systems. As they continue east, the winds will get lighter. I am reviewing

Posted: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 - 00:00

So great to hear Commodore and Robert's voices. The guys are unable to connect to Sailmail, so they are calling me for weather data. They report: Headwinds. Wind is 20 degrees east of magnetic North

Posted: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 - 00:00

FLASHGIRL is still heading north, looking for the westerlies. The weather prognosis has shifted from looking pretty stroppy to looking like very light airs through most of the week. There are a

Posted: Sat, 15 Oct 2016 - 00:00

Two and a half days into the passage back to the US mainland. This was not our plan before the lightning strike. We had planned to sail to one of the "nesias"....either Micronesia or back to French

Posted: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 - 00:00

FLASHGIRL was hit by lightning when Tropical Storm Darby passed over the island of Oahu on 24 July 16. The strike hit the wand at the masthead and vaporized it. The strike broke a pvc pipe in the

Posted: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 - 05:51

Tuesday, December 1st at 0400. We are anchored in Kailua Bay, 19 38.1N and 155 59.7W, on the Kona Coast of Hawaii. It seems so strange to be aboard a quiet and still boat after all the rock and roll

Posted: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 - 06:37

Monday, 7:30am HST - Another squally morning, following a squally night. Just 70 miles to Ka Lae, the South Cape of Hawaii. Yesterday we found ourselves feeling sad at the approach to the end of this

Posted: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 - 08:23

9am HST - The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting colder as we move into winter. Last night we were treated to an unending parade of squalls in the 25-30 knots range, with thelulls in

Posted: Sun, 29 Nov 2015 - 08:51

9:30am HST - Demon sailor at the helm, surfing through squall at 12 knots and laughing his head off!

Posted: Sun, 29 Nov 2015 - 08:16

9am HST - 420 miles to the Ka Lae, the South Cape of the Big Island. Earlier yesterday we had two headsails hoisted to help offset our triple reefed main. However, took it down during a squall, and

Posted: Sun, 29 Nov 2015 - 08:13

2am HST - 484 miles to the Ka Lae, the South Cape of Hawaii! We are at 13 35N and 149 37W, sailing with triple reef and staysail, going around 6.7 knots at 080 AWA, on a course of 305M. The sea has

Posted: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 - 10:17

It has been blowing 22-26 knots from 070 true steadily for the past 16 hours. Our boat speed has been 7-9 knots, sailing with two reefs and staysail. Our most recent noon to noon was 192 miles, an 8

Posted: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 - 16:43

The seas smoothed out again last night and had good sailing under the full moon. Helped hubby through a hard squall around midnight. Near the end of my watch, at around 0400 hours, saw an ominous

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