9th July

Magic Bus Pacific Tour 2010
Steve Smith
Fri 9 Jul 2010 20:57
11:08.00S 12816.00W
 
Another beatiful sunny day with a good easterly breeze pushing us along directly towards Hiva Oa. Still rolling violently which is a triffle inconvenient but not too bad now that we know that the end is close!
 
The chart plotter gives an estimate of time left to destination at current speed which only meassures up to 99hrs and 59 minutes. A standard joke has been all the time since we left the Galapagos that we only had 99hrs and 59 minutes left to go. Last night it changed for the first time and now varies depending on our speed but is always less that 99hrs and 59 minutes!!
 
Still no luck catching any fish but the line goes out religiously every morning. Richard has won the best looking loaf competition for his efforts last night (I mean, of course, that the bread that he baked won).
 
Running out of nuts and soft drinks for happy hour so we need to get there soonest.
 
All well and starting to look forward to a meal cooked by someone else and to see if our legs still work on solid ground.