DAY 12
every day it gets a little cooler. I do my night watches in foul weather gear and fleece underneath, its 22 C and i am ok , just ok . Not boiling. I wear crooks and i already think how to fill those holes. We are
obviously not used to these Hawaiian summers.
I watched the lunar eclipse. It was very nice and not many clouds. This one was North America only , not Europe.
My energy is back , i get a good nights sleep . Its easy with the small waves, not like we had 5 days ago. The bruises turn yellow and the knees...well they 've been fucked for the last 40 years. They wont get
any better. To clean the wet spots above my ceiling panels in my bedroom, i have to get on my knees. That's still to much pain , so Daniela does it for me.
I managed to talk to the Polymag net last night, but my output seems weak and they can hardly hear me. But its nice to know your friends are there to take your position and weather details for your safety
and comfort. Thank you all.
Our short wave radio is old and flimsy but we get Sailmail weather and mail very well thanks to stations in Hawaii and near Vancouver
I flattened a slow moving cockroach in the bathroom in broad daylight. There is nothing to eat there. Maybe it was running away from the hungry gecko-family
i made my new bolognese with corned beef ha ha ha not bad. We still have plenty of good food. The last mangoes went. We have pink grapefruits till Canada.
by this evening we should have 2000 miles done, that's half way yuppee. Now we try to sail straight North . With us preferring to sail reaching not beating this is not possible yet , we sail North West....maybe
tomorrow. Eventually we sail over the top of the North Pacific High and then straight to Victoria.