atlantic still an ocean
27 September 2011 | banco de la concepcion
roger
well the last 12 hours have been more in line with the actual pacific passage than how i wanted the pacific passage to be. i put a reef in the main and took down the jib shortly before sunset last night and with 20 to 25 kts of wind now straight behind me and a good current have been making at least 6 kts. along with this i am getting the standard rolling back and forth with various objects making irritating noises that i slowly have to track down. it was so rolly at one point i got catapulted off the main saloon (romper room) berth while i was trying to watch house. i had to go ahead and break out the lee "strap". this is a poor mans version of the lee board or lee cloth.
in spite of this i feel amazingly well rested with my series of naps last night. i pushed the timer out to 30 min and i am pretty sure i rarely slept longer than that even with crew. of course this only works in the open ocean where you are not dodging fishing traffic that does not show up on radar with non standard lights!
i had a beautiful sunrise this morning but its a bit over cast and now and COLD. i think i am going to be trying to get south to the cape verde islands as soon as i can get crew organized and the boat ready. in another 8 hours i should be meeting up with vagabond in time for happy hour. cirsa suggested margaritas and i made extra ice last night so it should be a good event.
cheers, roger