Sunday 11th July
Magic Bus Pacific Tour 2010
Steve Smith
Sun 11 Jul 2010 22:30
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10:13.2S 134:16.1W at noon local time
Another superb sunny day and probably the hottest
yet. We are still rolling downwind at over 8 kts and managed a great 196nm over
the last 24hrs with twin headsails alone.
Just finished lunch of cheese and olive snacks
followed by roast beef and veg. Steve bemoaned the lack of cauliflower cheese
but apart from that perfect especially considering the conditions. The roll from
deck edge to deck edge in about a1.5 secs mean that even propped in the galley
with feet on one side and back on the ER bulkhead you can still over-balance
towards the cooker.
Hiva Oa is approaching and at this rate we would
arrive at night so we are thinking of going on to Nuku Hiva instead for a
daylight arrival. Either way looks like we have 2 more nights at sea and should
be anchored for Tuesday night.
Our boat speed has been impressive, another 49ft
boat that left the Galapagos 2 days ahead of us is now effectively 2 days behind
and 16.5days to off Hiva Oa will be really good and musch less than we
envisaged.
All well.
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