San Diego to PV '08: Day #1 too many!!

Ok, sorry for the delay sending any updates today.
We spent most of the day going nowhere talking onboard about all the fun our friends and relatives were probably having in PV without us!! Hope the Margaritas are good, and the rooms are nice!!
Went to sleep last night at about 3am with the boat basically sitting in no wind. I guess that continued for an hour or so before the wind filled in at about 7-9 knots and we were able to sail directly for the finish with the code zero up. What a sail that is. Whatever the windspeed we seem to be able to sail at least that fast with that sail in the air.
We felt we'd done a good job and were very happy with roll call at 8:30.
Suddenly, everyone "believed" again, and with the wind continuing at about 7 knots we emptied the ends of the boat of all personal gear, etc. and made a giant pile of sails, gear, and personal bags in the middle of the boat. It's about 3 feet tall, and an interesting "climb" in order to get forward or aft.
The good sailing under Code Zero lasted until about noon, when the wind dropped to 1-2 knots and we started what continues to this moment. Sailing in VERY light air, and watching the wind direction move slowly from the Southwest, to East, and now to the NE. Most of this is once again not reflected in local weather forecasts, so its an ongoing mission to keep the boat moving (currently 2.8 knots), and on the tack or gybe closest to the finish.
130 miles to go. We've traveled about 70 since rollcall. Now we are on a mission to somehow get to the finish line tomorrow prior to sunset and the daily wind shutdown that would commit us to yet another night at sea!!
BTW - it's not all bad out here. The sea is mirror flat, no moon yet, so it's very dark and there are 10 gazillion stars in the sky. Just finished a two hour stint at the wheel, listening to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album. Perfect!!
We'll see what happened to the others today. It looks likely that this is a generic situation shared by all, but perhaps someone was lucky and broke away???
My suspicion is that the timing of boats finishes and the daily wind shutdown will determine the winners in our division.
More later,
-Jim
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