Dear my friends:

    亲爱的朋友们

    Now it is US western time 4:00a.m. One hour ago, we just got the last point of the last scoring gate of the race. We passed the scoring gate in the third place and won one point, under the lead of avatar skipper Hannah, how ironic it is... This is the first time for Qingdao boat to get a gate point,also the last time, since there is not such a gate any more during race 09-10. The first is Australia and second is Finland.

    现在是美国西部时间凌晨4点，一小时之前，我们刚刚通过了比赛的加分门标。我们在临时船长汉娜的率领下第三个通过加分门标，太酷了。这是青岛号第一次在本赛季比赛中取得额外的加分。前两名通过加分门标的分别是西澳号和芬兰号。

    Several hours ago, Team Finland was only a nautical mile ahead of us. We tried to catch up with her, played a spinnaker changing game, but the breeze was so tender that even a lighter spinnaker didn't make obvious effect. the boat speed was nearly seven nautical miles per hour. At last, the gap expanded to almost three miles when she crossed the finish line. We couldn't help but watching her twinkling in the twilight, at the direction of two o'clock.

    几个小时之前，芬兰仅仅领先我们1海里。我们努力追赶，频繁的更换不同尺寸的球帆，但是风力依旧很微弱，换帆没有起到很好的效果，船速大概7节左右。最终，在他们通过加分门标的时候，我们落后3海里，但是黑夜里我们依然可以清晰的看到芬兰号的微弱的灯光在右舷前方两点钟方向。

    Today is really really a damn hot day, no cloud, no wind. For one time we can see a fleet of whales jumping out to enjoy a zast. laying on the deck, bathing in the sunshine, with a Linux book in hand, what a real relaxing family fun time...! Reflecting on a couple of days ago,I was packed up with so many layers without skin naked, if painted with honey wax, a mummy was born perfectly...

    今天真的非常热，没有云也没有风。不过我们看到了活泼嬉戏的鲸群。大家躺在甲板上，沐浴着阳光，看着书消磨时间，多么的安逸。回想前两天，我为了不让皮肤晒伤，裹了好多层衣物，如果喷上蜂蜡，简直就像一具完美的木乃伊。

    SO many sweet spagetties, biscuits, chocolates, cereals, coffee and juice of strong taste...I bet there is only sugar in my blood apart from sugar.Keep missing crab, seafood, hot pot...

    船上有很多甜点，饼干，巧克力，麦片，咖啡和浓缩果汁。我打赌我现在血液中除了糖分还是糖分，我非常想吃螃蟹，海鲜，火锅。。。

    That's it. Please do not hesitate to tell me your latest news! Thank you!

    就是这些，请告知你们大家的近况，致谢

    zhangneng

    张能