Huzzah Cruising the Northwest

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Awesome Sailing to the Tuamotus'

02 May 2016 | Passage to Tuamotus', French Polynesia
Gerry
Since leaving Huku-Hiva yesterday morning, we've been sailing fast in very calm seas. Our first day's run was 170 miles, beam reaching in 12 knots of wind under gorgeous blue sunny skies. We are also happy to report the temperatures and humidity are slightly lower as well, so that's helping our morale. We've rigged the sun shades around the cockpit, so we're staying out of the sun as much as possible. Interestingly, we started our passage the same as two other sailing yachts, so we are keeping a watch on each other via our AIS location beacons and are in periodic conversations via the VHF radio. This afternoon we saw first piece to flotsam in the water since leaving the Mexico, a large fender or buoy. Also, Ken hooked another large Marlin, but managed to get his lure back. We can't figure out where all the Tuna are Dorado are and are puzzled why these huge Marlin are interested in our small lures? We plan to make landfall Wednesday, so a couple more days to go. We hope our luck and the wind continue in our favor. Cheers from Huzzah!
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Vessel Name: Huzzah
Vessel Make/Model: Jeanneau 45.2 built in '99 for the BVI Charter fleet. Purchased in 2011 in Seattle, and began an extensive re-fit.
Hailing Port: Gig Harbor, WA
Crew: Gerry & Jody Gilbert
About: Retired professionals living the dream. Gerry & friends do the ocean passages, wife Jody & the kids fly in for the cruising. Departed the PNW for Mexico & So. Pacific September 2015, Returned to Gig Harbor July 2017 .
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Huzzah \(ˌ)hə-ˈzä\ : an exclamation of joy, applause, appreciation — or shout of acclaim. Huzzah may be categorized with such interjections as hoorah and hooray. According to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), in the 17th and 18th centuries it was identified as a sailor's cheer or [...]
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