Day 5 Position 31 00.408 S 173 20.068 E 1200NZT

Mark_needler
Professional Skipper
Sat 18 Aug 2012 00:14
24hrs run ~ 146
nms 18/08/2012
 
    It was a fantastic light show last night with the stars out Light winds, stunning phosphorescence, but unfortunately we are having to take it easy on the motor because we have to conserve the diesel, but still getting along at 5.5 too 6.5 knots.
 
    I Managed to get all but one of the jobs done I wanted to apart from the wiring which I thought was best left for landfall rather than try and sorted it at sea.
The guys are counting down the days till the weather is warmer, I know better than to count my chicks before their hatched and am just happy to know it will be a lot warmer when we arrive.
 
   We are expecting northerly today and it’s going to be coming right from where we are trying to go!! I’m hoping they drop past us quickly so the westerly's can take us where we need to go, time will tell.
 
 
Chris, we tried to use your cyphering pipe and it didn’t work that well at all so we modified it and it worked great after that. ( we cut the end off and just used the pipe!! don’t worry we will reattach the piece that wasn’t working before we get but the pipe works ok!)
 
Not a bad days run, we are over a 1/3rd of the way there now and already its getting warmer, I’m seriously considering a salt water shower later but not totally convinced!
 
 
Regards
Mark, Shawn & Quentin