Enroute to Honolulu Day #12
31 October 2012 | 14 13'N:177 49'W, South Pacific Ocean
Matt Satterlee
The days have definitely started to meld together....one after another. The seas continue their wrath of 25-30 knot winds with swells we continue to sail into. The sun is back and so our solar power is working more efficiently. No squalls have been seen in the past 24 hours. Clear skies with a full moon at night is beautiful sailing. Occasionally, the boat will crest over a swell or wave and crash down on the other side making a deafening thud, wondering at the same time if Caelestis will hold together. It wouldn't surprise me to find some missing bottom paint when we get there from all the abuse from bashing into the waves. Craig has somehow managed to learn how to sleep in the forward v-berth. Typically, crew sleeps at least midship and aft. In the v-berth with each crested wave there is momentary weightlessness and then you crash back to the matress. Some days he gets good sleep and some days none at all depending on our angle. Sleeping in the v-berth is definit ely an attained skill or eventually accomplished due to the lack of sleep over the past several nights. Ear plugs do come in handy for sleeping in the v-berth. We have 1212 miles to go after looking at our mileage just now. Still looking for that perfect wind that will take us straight to Honlulu.