Current Position: 31-28, 155-46 heading 348 degs @ 6.5 knots
Sorry its taken us so long to blog, but with the heavier seas and winds anywhere from 19 - 30 knots with rain at times...well you can imagine we've had our hands full. Today is the first day we actually don't have to crawl our way around the boat while being pinned to the port bulkhead. The best place to be is in the galley leaning up against the wall with the porthole open for fresh air. Plus there's food within easy reach. :-)
Sleeping has been a challenge with Ruben taking the v-berth...quite a challenge to stay on the bunk while the waves bounce the boat along. Its tough getting a comfortable position while the boat is severely healed and pins you to port. I have the bruises to prove it!
So far we've been able to have a few nice breakfasts on board of scrambled eggs and sausage with all the fixin's. Andy caught a 15lb mahi the other day and everyone enjoyed fresh sashmi last night. we plan to go for tuna next....or whatever the sea decides to give us.
Crew had mal de mere the first few days, but are now quite happy and going about our daily lives of navigating, eating, napping, and telling tall tales. We're now on a set watch schedule of 3 hours each at night. Evenings have been wonderful watching the night sky and the boat scooting along at a constant 7.5 knot with 18 knts of breeze. A few nights saw darker clouds and a bit of rain with wind...but nothing more than 23 knts. Thankfully any major squalls have been during the day with highest winds ~30 knts. It seems heading a bit northerly route has kept us out of the heavier rains that some other return boats are experiencing. its more comfortable for the crew and boat instead of trying to point higher. We had a nice lift yesterday that allowed us to steer 052 degs straight for SF! That wasn't to last since our strongest squall hit and we had to fall off to a more northerly route. at one point Warlord Dennis thought we should brush up on our Japanese since that's where were were headed.
We've been able to split duties between navigating, cooking, cleanup and watched. We're also the comms vessel for the return group. Not as serious as the racing crowd...we get everyone's position and how many fish were caught that day and what everyone was having for dinner. Quite a few mahis have been caught with a few boats catching tuna.
That's it for the past 4 days we've been at sea. Its just incredible seeing only blue ocean for miles and watching the waves go by. More later...
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