sailing on ...
27 September 2011 | 150nm togo!
roger
winds where a little light starting out today so i had to motor sail for most of today but this afternoon they finally picked up and clocked around so i could do a broad reach. i must say this has been a really pleasant passage almost makes me start thinking of doing the pacific again! today it was finally warm and sunny enough to not have to wear warm clothing in the cockpit. it took me a while to line up me with not a totally dorky look on my face the drink and the boat speed all together (7.3 kts in this photo). in reality this is not yet happy hour and i am indulging in soda water with ice total ice abuse but i can only use so much myself!
i finished off a lethal weapon movie marathon this morning. over the last 2 days and seen all 4 versions, a bit violent but sure keeps you awake! i thought about working on some minor projects today but decided to take a nap this afternoon instead perhaps i will be more motivated tomorrow. i only have one more over night to go to meet up with crisa if he is still where he was last email but i almost would rather just keep going another day and get to grand canary while it is nice like this!
and caston i have been using a version of the egg timer, i put the iphone i vibrate and loud with a timer and lie it on my chest whenever i wake up i check things out and reset the timer for 20 min, it hardly ever goes off this way. what would be even better would be like a chess timer that you have to hit with in a specific time or it goes off. kind of like a hardware watchdog timer on micro processors to protect from code hang ups, but i digress!
i also have been playing with the ipad. the canaries are going to be a test of ipad only navigation as i only have detailed charts on the ipad. yesterday i got the laptop pushing all the nave data to the ipad over the bgan wifi, this gets all the ais targets on the ipad as well as all the boat info, very cool. i also have the cruising guide on the ipad. interestingly the ipad charts cost 60$ but if i had bought the same charts for the laptop or raymarine it would have been $350.
cheers, roger