1722 nm to Hiva Oa
Kahia
Paul and Catherine Davis
Mon 7 May 2012 22:36
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Today we spread our wings! After 9 days of broad reach
sailing, we are now running down-wind with the sails goosed winged and are
managing to hold a steady course to Hiva Oa, sailing in a comfortable motion at
around about 7 knots.
As we are running backwards down the time line we
have set the "Local Time Clock" back another hour, while carrying all
our navigation and Log-book on the "UTC Time Clock" which at the
moment is 7 hours ahead. So we are constantly weaving in and out of the time of
the day... having Lunch for example while entering our 24 hour position at
21.20. Or when looking at the radio in the afternoon, it gives us the
next morning date still ahead of our own sunset.
Can be a bit confusing when you are feeling tired and
when part of our minds are under the spell of the adventures of Harry Potter!
(Still listening to it on our consecutive watches! Excellent!!!)
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