foot loose and fancy free

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What a difference a day makes

12 March 2018 | South Pacific
Mike
This morning the sun was out and winds had dropped below 17 knots. We lowered the jenny and repaired the tear after which we unfurled her to the 1st reef mark to see if we could fly her (the head sail/jib) without putting much pressure on our remaining rudder. Much to our pleasure we were able to sail without much rudder pressure and only a couple of degrees off our rum line. As I head to bed we are less than 900 miles from the Marquese Islands. Tomorrow we will attempt to fly the parasail (kite). If successful, we should be able to increase our speed. One additional, note, we are dragging a 10 ft chain (30 lbs) at the end of a 20 foot rope along with another rope (line) maybe 30 feet to create drag on the starboard side to below take the load off the port rudder. It has helped in allowing us to sail further south, which is desired. Currently we are around 9 S and will need to get to 14 S in 5 - 7 days.

My 7-9 shift was almost clear of clouds maybe 2/8 of the sky had clouds mostly near the horizon - the stars gazing were magnificent.
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Vessel Name: Blue Pearl
Vessel Make/Model: Hylas 54
Hailing Port: Portsmith, RI, USA
Crew: Ruud, Laurie, Brita and myself
About: Define: "geem" is a word used by geeks to describe something they are excited about.
Blue Pearl's Photos - World ARC (Main)
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GEEM: the owner and crew
Footloose: slip in Rhode Island
 
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Ecuador's capitol city
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pics from the visitor center and onboard
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Fort San Lorenzo near the marina has some cool history, where it was attached by Sir Francis Drake and actually captured some 80 years later by the pirate Captain Morgan.
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very cool walk streets
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additional pics from our last two days.
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Again many photos were lost with my cell phone - I'll find some from the others on the boat
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Here's a few pictures from ST Lucia - lost my cell phone which had most of my pictures
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Created 6 January 2018
boat has been relocated to St. Lucia - waiting for the crew to arrive. departure date 01/06/2018 - return date April 2019. Woohoo............
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