Position: 16 degrees, 25 minutes North; 110 degrees 04 minutes West
The highlight of our day today (simple pleasures when at sea) was the first salt water showers of the trip. It got warm enough that it was refreshing. Ann shrieked with what sounded like joy. I think. Maybe. Anyway, you put the canvas bucket (with rope attached) over the side, pull up a bucket full of water and dump it on your head. Then lather up and do the same thing a second and maybe third time. Then, we get to rinse off with warm, fresh water from our camp shower, which had been heating in the sun. Felt great!
Other than that, a pretty slow day. Only 98 miles in the last 24 hours. We’re still waiting for the wind to fill in. Tonight is not looking very promising either. Right now we have about 4 knots of wind, so we’re not going anywhere very fast. Same as last night. At least the view is good 😉
By the way, thanks everyone for your comments. It’s one of the highlights of our evening to read them out loud after dinner.
Reading the blog is a highlight of my day too! Maybe you should blog twice a day…… Highlights of the day and highlights of the night. You are off to the marquesas and we ate of to Michigan. Hmmmmm. Ann- we are using the sewing machine. Missy is half finished with a beautiful queen sized quilt and I made a baby blanket for a shower.
Ah, love that sun shower. I think I was the only one who used it on the Haha.
Yesterday I started posting daily Google Earth maps of your progression to the Marquesas. It gives a good sense of your progress and how far you’ve got left to go.
From http://passageweather.com/ it looks like starting late tomorrow you should begin getting about 10 knots of wind, coming more from the east. Those are the real trade winds.
It looks like you’re heading straight down the rhumb line (the shortest course) to the Marquesas. My 2 cents – don’t go so far west right now. Try to cross the equator no farther west than 120W. That way when you hit the SE trades south of the equator you’ll have a more favorable course.
Forgot to mention – those Google Earth maps are on Ann’s wall on Facebook if anyone wants to see them.
Not going anywhere fast, eh? Well, that ’cause you have a SAIL boat, not a frigging cigar boat hot rod. It’s called cruising, not speeding. If all the wind goes away, why then that’s called parking. Hopefully at least floating as well. You could always check YouTube for an Indian wind dance; or make one up. We’ve got extra wind here. I wonder if I could FedEx you some? 🙂
Your messages are a highlight at home and in Spin class. Everyone sends their best wishes for a safe and comfortable trip. I have been creating the Goggle Earth track of you progress. So each morning, I look for the new position and add it. Unbelievably, I heard back from the PH Record today. They are going to publish the stories/pictures from La Paz sometime soon. We will be sure to save you a copy.
We just enjoyed watching a wonderful full moon rise over Mt. Diablo and tried to project the vision you have on the ocean. Our vision must pale compared to the actual view. Enjoy you watches tonight.