June 28, 10:20 PDT: Currently at 240 38 N, 1190 13 E. Moving North at 10 knots. Currently overcast. Seas are good. Lots of large ships and fishing boats. To see where Mike is at go to the link below and click the "zoom out" button on the left once or twice: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&formtype=address&latlongtype=degrees&latdeg=24&latmin=38&latsec=00&longdeg=119&longmin=13&longsec=00 --Gary

For people who are interested in the higher speed Passagemakers - you may want to check out the Earthrace boat as it tours the US over the coming months. Its just leaving New Zealand now on a preliminary fund-raising circumnavigation prior to then attempting a world speed record. http://www.earthrace.net/view.asp?webpage=69 Some good images of the boat here: http://www.earthrace.net/view.asp?webpage=171 It seems that the company that built the Earthrace boat is also working on consumer-oriented ships based on the same design: http://www.diogenemarine.com/in_production.htm as well as having designs on larger boats: http://www.diogenemarine.com/drawing.html For people less interested in pure speed - it seems that the trimaran design for consumer markets that is displayed in these two designs might be the best option: http://www.gizmag.com/go/4753/ http://www.austal.com/go/product-information/defence-products/multi-role-cor vette It seems increasingly that for the best performance/speed/efficiency - these new trimaran designs may be the future of passagemaking. Any thoughts? Brian