Current position: 1100 HST 39-56, 144-28 motoring 092M @ 5.75 knots
Burn baby burn!
Since we're going through the pacific high at this point, with little to no wind, we've been motoring most of yesterday, last night and this morning. That's been the plan all along...to motor once the winds were lighter and when we were sailing slower than what we could motor. based on the number of gerry cans on board of fuel it looks like we planned on a lot. Looking at our current position in relationship to the wind and sailing angle to the coast, we are now on port tack (the opposite of where we've been the past 10 days). this is good news! The Warlord has lined us up perfectly with entry to the GG Bridge. eventually the breeze will fill, stop motoring and sail the course that will bring us home without so much as a fuss!
Anyone can track our progress on the Yellow Brick Tracker on the Pacific Cup website.
Tiki Blue seems to love her music with Hawaiian being the favorite during the day followed by opera at sunset. doesn't get any better than that! 4 tough sailors sitting quietly in the cockpit watching the sun being swallowed by the ocean while listening to Tosca, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Boheme, and Carmen. Wish I'd brought more!
We continue with our formal watch schedules at night: Pat 2000 - 2300; Ruben 2300 - 0200; Andy 0200 - 0500; Warlord 0500 - 0800. The daytime we switch off depending on who's not napping.
Last evening we were able to watch the almost 1/2 moon cast a brilliant orange shadow on the ocean as it set. Looked like a fireball on the horizon. We were also lucky enough to see the running lights of our buddy boat Nota Bene far off in the distance. This morning, no sign of them.
Andy treated all of us to pancakes this morning! A nice change of pace.
All as it should be on Tiki Blue!
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