Carina reported striking a partially submerged object, perhaps a shipping container, at location 38 28.6N, 69 54.5W at 0400 EDT on Sunday, June 22.  There was no injury or damage. Carina made a securité call to the fleet concerning the hazard to navigation.

Wandrian withdrew from the race on June 22 with steering problems and carried on toward Bermuda with limited radio communications and a concern about fuel.  Rocket Science, Dorade, and Black Watch have provided assistance through radio watches or standing by to assist as needed.   

From Gryphon Solo 2, Joe Harris, Sunday

It has been a busy time since my last report while becalmed. The wind did indeed return this morning and we were off to the races again galloping towards the Gulf Stream.  Once we got to the north wall and entered the stream, the water temperature rose to about 83 degrees and both the wind and the sea state picked up. We have been tied at the hip with our fellow Class 40, Pleiad Racing, but when the stronger breeze arrived GS2 kicked up her heels and smoked away.

We had a few blasts up to 30 and a lot of water over the deck but our passage through the Stream was only about 4 hours as we were going along at 10-17 knots and the Stream was only about 40 miles wide. The current ran from west to east and we were headed south so we didn’t get much kick from it, but it was fun. The strong easterly winds continued for a while but then shut down, so we have been struggling for the last few hours and Pleiad seems to have returned from a six-mile deficit, which is a bit depressing.

I am dining on a delicious Mountain House freeze-dried Beef Stroganoff, and Rob and I have been trading off on deck and napping below. The boat is good and we are working hard for every tenth of a knot. Looking forward to a Tuesday arrival in Bermuda but miles to go before we sleep.

From Spirit of Bermuda, Chef Ben Bernardo, Sunday

Position June 22, 1400: 37 34.8N, 069 15.1W, Course 175, Speed 8.5kts

Today has been a good day of sailing so far and the spirits are high. B watch has been dealing with shifty winds, but have managed to keep up with it. The speeds have also been nice with an average of 8.5kts to 9kts. Lunch today went down well with some nice Asian turkey wraps and chocolate galore.  Jim and friends have been busy for part of their watch shining the brass on deck, taking great pride in making it all shine!

The wind will slightly increase tonight and we look forward to increasing or maintaining our speed as we get closer to Bermuda.

I've been scurrying around all day getting my hands dirty on deck, but dinner will be peanut crusted chicken, Asian glass noodles and sesame salad.

From Jeroboam, Jonathan Green (originally posted at Sailing Anarchy)

We're happy with the progress so far. We ended up a little too far west to enjoy the favorable current from the large cold water eddy near us so we had to harden up a touch to get over there. The boats to the east faired slightly better and posted some gain on us but we're where we want to be, cracked off and doing 8+ knots. The fleet is tightly bunched so we see lots of other boats around us with Choucas, Arrowhead and Ruse periodically showing up on AIS, and in Arrowhead's case, visibly. They all owe us time so it's nice seeing them in the neighborhood.

Lora Ann and Kiva continue to dominate our class while the Class 40s and Resolute are showing very well in the other double-handed class. Scott and Gust are keeping a hell of a pace on Resolute. One of the bigger surprises is that Paladin is not at the front of our class. They favored the left side of the course and I think generally the boats that went over there didn't do as well as those on the right those first 30 hours or so.

We're expecting the breeze to gradually tone down over the next 24 hours then hit some more light stuff. Perhaps it'll slow down the class leaders enough to give us a chance to catch up a bit. All is well on board. The weather files are taking longer to download than anticipated so we're burning through more satellite time than we budgeted which means fewer updates in route. We'll try to use the SPOT tracker more for brief updates here and there.