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Day 2 on the ocean blue
08 May 2010 | The boat
Rodney
We had a great second day on the ocean blue - and I mean really blue. The waves were very nice compared to the first night and the water is very clear. Our speed was not as good as the winds get lighter but we still made 145 miles. The good news about last night is that nothing broke - knock on fiberglass.
The weather is defiantly getting cooler as we travel farther and farther north. It is 79 degrees now instead of the typical 84. I may have to start putting a shirt .... lets see if I can hold out. All the systems on the boat are working well especially the ham radio. It is so great to be able to get a current weather forecast and a few emails from people.
Tonight's cuisine will include my famous chili and Victors salad - Victor can make a mean salad. Cooking long meals on the boat is never a fun task so I prepared two curry chickens and two chilis before we left. Then I just freeze them and reheat to serve.
The wind has been oscillating all over the place but mainly from the east. When the wind goes farther south we are able to put in more easterly. We made about 25 miles of additional easterly last night which will really help. Tomorrow the wind is supposed to get real light so we will start to motor east. We need to get about 150 miles east of Bermuda by Monday to make our final approach. The wind is supposed to turn to the north at 15 knots so we will be in great shape as long as we can make some easterly. If all goes according to plan we will be in Bermuda by Wednesday the 12th around noon.
Both Jamie and Victor have Spots (gps transmitters) that are tracking our progress across the Atlantic. If you want to see where we are in real time click on: http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0TkEvBj4ybuhly4nzzX2fnG32y9aMlJth