Dear all:

    大家好

    TOday is a big day. We passed the second gate thirdly, as well as the finishing line for leg 6, and currently motoring to Panama!

    今天是伟大的一天，我们第三个通过第二加分门标，并且结束了第六赛段，现在正机动前往巴拿马。

    Yesterday was the hottest and most nervous day for everyone since leaving San Fran, because there was only 80 nm left, while Austrilia couldn't shake off us yet, and we couldn't neglect Jamaica from behind. One on port side and the other on starboard side, we kept spying each other, in case there were some new tactics about tacking or sail changing.

    昨天，对每个人来讲是离开旧金山以来最炎热最紧张的一天，因为仅仅有80海里到达终点，澳大利亚队领先我们不远，同时牙买加也在我们后方不远，两艘船分别在我们左舷前方和右舷后方，三条船彼此之间竞争很激烈，时刻保持注意力高度的集中，以免被赶超。

    Unfortunately the temperature was 45 degrees at sea, not to mention in the galley, and I was on mother watch with Donna. So when I cooked lunch and dinner, which required to keep stiring a pot of rice and water to make faked steamed rice(bishi them), I felt I also cooked myself...To my surprise, Donna performed quite nice and gave me some spare snacks I've never seen.

    不幸的是海上温度高达45摄氏度，我和多娜做mother watch,一起在厨房里工作。当我们做午饭和晚饭的时候，需要不断的翻搅锅中的米和水，出乎我的意料，用这种方法做饭，多娜做的出奇的好，并且，她还给了我更多的零食。

    Seems it is true that follow Donna have meat to eat... At night, we were all sleeping on the port deck to get a higher speed, so messy that the boat looked like a homeless refugee station this morning. Everybody put on the tee marked dragon boat and took pictures for memory. At 9 o'clock, we finally crossed the area of gate lattitude, where happened to be some birds standing around on a fleet of whales! Fantastic! Unluckily, Jamaica passed us at last,only 12 minutes earlier, unfair...

    晚上，我们为了让船速快一些，都睡在左舷，船舱内现在看起来非常混乱，简直像难民营。早上，每个人登上甲板，在这艘龙船上拍照留念。9点，我们冲过了第二门标所在的位置，那里我看到了，海鸟站在鲸鱼身上的和谐的自然景观，简直太奇异了。不幸的是，亚马甲号在12分钟前，领先我们冲过了终点

    Now everyone relaxed on the deck, did whatever you want, eating and sleeping apart from playing. As far as I am concerned, so far so good in leg6, everything goes smoothly until now.

    现在，每个人都放松下来，做自己想做的事情，吃、睡、玩。我感觉，目前，第六赛段一切都很顺利。

    There is still one thing that due to the delay of starting time, the Jamaica arriving time will be several days late, since there is no direct airplane from Port Antonio to China, I must come back from Port Antonio to Kinston by cab, from Kinston to Miami by air, transfer from Miami to San Fran, from San Fran to Beiing, From Beijing to Qingdao...I send an email to Marine Travel Company for booking tickets but no reply until now. Maybe I have to buy tickets seperately, and by myself.so troublesome and late and expensive! If there is some better solutions, do not hesitate to tell me!

    有一件事情，因为这一段从旧金山起航时间的延迟，所以到达牙买加的时间也有延迟，因此没有飞机从安东尼奥回中国，我必须从安东尼奥港口坐车去首都金士顿，从那里做飞机去迈阿密，然后再从迈阿密到旧金山，从旧金山回北京，从北京回到青岛，非常漫长的旅途，我发了邮件预定了机票，但是现在还没有收到回复，可能我需要单独买票吧，非常麻烦因为时间的延迟，所以机票也会很贵。如果你们大家有好办法，请尽快告诉我。

    I've already no idea what day is it today, so wish you all in a good mood everyday!

    对于今天是星期几我已经完全没有了概念，不过，希望大家每天都保持愉快的心情。

    Zhangneng

    张能