Day 33
Been a lovely sunny Sunday on Hamble Warrior
today. The winds have been light but consistent; force 3-4. We launched the spinnaker after a late breakfast (fresh
bread; yum) and it has been flying all day pulling us along at 5; sometimes as
much as 6kts. The sea state has been pretty benign but having this big lightweight
sail pulling up front has a very stabilising effect and the two factors
combined have made for very comfortable conditions on-board. We probably should
have taken advantage of these conditions to do some jobs but the boat is in
pretty good shape and we have instead passed a very lazy Sunday reading; napping
and playing Yahtzee. We have also started talking about our plans for our time
in the South Pacific and looking at maps and pilot books to plan an itinery for
which islands to visit when we arrive. There are so many islands it can make
your head spin!
Meep has spent much of the day snoozing below
decks but when we sat in the cockpit playing yahtzee he came to join us for a
while. His friend Mr Crab hasn't been seen for several days now. Of course it's
possible he met a grisly end but more likely he disappeared back the way he
came when Jamie opened the seacock to drain the water out of the pipe last
week. Either way I have taken him off the crew list now!
We have been trolling our fishing line again but
no more luck. There were obviously two fish in this ocean and we have had them
both now!!
Our 5pm to 5pm daily run is 107nm which we are pretty pleased with. We had a slow night and
knew this morning we might struggle to make over 100nm today but launching the spinnaker was absolutely the right
idea and has helped us get over that target. As we get closer the thought of
dropping below 100nm per day is a pretty grim prospect so we are very happy
with today's effort.
If we can make the next 25nm without incident we
will be moving our clocks forward another hour later today. This will put us at
GMT +9hrs (I think!) Apparently our blog posts already crossed the dateline at
some point last week when we uploaded our update one day and it posted as the
following day… very confusing! I'll just stick with my "day X"
system and hope that makes sense!
Whatever; it'll be Monday by the time most of our
friends and family read this... so have a great week everyone!
