Going With the Flow
02 June 2010 | Day Four
June 2
Not trusting that a capricious wind would remain benign, left up just a few rags engendering paltry progress last night. Now looking doubtful to make tomorrow morning's slack water into Kauehi. With large lagoons and few breaks, Tuamotu passes can be treacherous at mid-tide. Next slack is, perhaps 7 hours later (flow change tends to occur at high tide, but 60 to 90 minutes after low due waves slopping over reef into lagoons).
As implied, conditions have unaccountably chosen to play nice with easy two meter swell, but little wind. Even with poled out drifter and full main, will need 13 knots of air movement until arrival. Had too little sail for conditions last night, so of course, with multitudinous gear hanging out am ripe for appearance of big bad wolf tonight. You pays your money...
Spent lazy day reading trashy novel (lots of sex and violence) as intermission to "Moby Dick". Melville's unabridged version has way too many superfluous words between plot segments. Needs more pith. I don't have a lisp.
Jack