Just a little
12 October 2016 | Passage to Hawaii
Gerry
Just a little
Bit of wind - that is! I've changed the words to that famous song from the Sound of Music to meet my needs and sing it over and over in my mind over the last couple days. And finally, we've gotten a little blooming luck with a light breeze this afternoon to push us ever so slowly north. In the first day of our passage (after we shut down the engine), we averaged just 47 miles! But since then, we've made a whopping 75 miles. Never mind that we routinely sailed 150 - 170 mile days on the way to the Marquesas, that was then and this is now. So we fight for every tenth of a knot, fighting the swell that routinely knocks every breath of wind out of our sails. But we're happy and eating well. Right now the Code Zero (light-weight nylon "screecher" sail) is paying its dues, pulling us along nicely. Hopefully the GRIBS are correct this time and we'll have wind tonight.
Cheers from Huzzah!