24*08S 157*10E Noon to noon run 139nm Distance to go 274nm
Whooa, we've actually been sailing for over 14 hours. Winds picked up to 10-14 kts out of the ESE early last night. Earlier in the afternoon we had a little rain that past over us and had us sailing for a full 15 minutes before its affects died off. This mornings big excitement was seeing our first ship on this passage. The 804foot big white cruise ship the Pacific Dawn on its way to Brisbane doing 19kts. The only other thing out here is the occasional storm petrel and boobie flying by. Looks like a Sunday arrival for us. If we arrive latter in the day we may just hangout till Monday morning to avoid the clearance overtime charges.
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Paul
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Thursday, November 2, 2017
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Enroute to Bundy Day 4
23*33S 159*37E Noon to noon run 120nm Distance to go 411nm
We are in eyesight of the halfway point. That's the good news. Still no wind. We sailed through most of the late night to sunrise, then back to motoring. Switched over to our second fuel tank this morning.
Only one catastrophic event onboard today. Someone maliciously put a raw egg in the hard-boiled egg container, with the expect resulting mess. I believe it may have been a left over Halloween trick.
Paul
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We are in eyesight of the halfway point. That's the good news. Still no wind. We sailed through most of the late night to sunrise, then back to motoring. Switched over to our second fuel tank this morning.
Only one catastrophic event onboard today. Someone maliciously put a raw egg in the hard-boiled egg container, with the expect resulting mess. I believe it may have been a left over Halloween trick.
Paul
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Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Enroute to Bundy Day 2
23*22S 161*47E Noon to noon run 118nm Distance to go 530nm
It really take a lot of patience to sail offshore doing 3kts. We have been bouncing between motoring at 6-6.5kts and sailing between 3-5kts for the last 24 hours. The sailing usually lasts for 3 to 9 hours before the light winds just get lighter. There's really no sign of the winds filling in ahead of us, so its slow and easy for now. At least the seas are really small, making life onboard comfortable. It was hot shower night last night -- taking full advantage of our on-demand diesel hot water heater.
The turn out of Trick or Treaters was really low. But I guess that is to be expected when you are a few hundred miles off of a French island and an Australian island.
Paul
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It really take a lot of patience to sail offshore doing 3kts. We have been bouncing between motoring at 6-6.5kts and sailing between 3-5kts for the last 24 hours. The sailing usually lasts for 3 to 9 hours before the light winds just get lighter. There's really no sign of the winds filling in ahead of us, so its slow and easy for now. At least the seas are really small, making life onboard comfortable. It was hot shower night last night -- taking full advantage of our on-demand diesel hot water heater.
The turn out of Trick or Treaters was really low. But I guess that is to be expected when you are a few hundred miles off of a French island and an Australian island.
Paul
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