Pointing the right way N40:14 W39:10
Millybrown
Mark Hillmann
Tue 19 May 2009 20:00
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The wind has held and backed enough to let us
head for Flores all morning. We made good 111 miles out of 124 sailed
yesterday but with the GPS reading 6 knots we may do better today.
The previous calm has let the sea settle so we are not trying to drive into big
waves.
Dolpins again, I have seen them three or four times
today and one jumped right out of the water, just astern of us.
White-sided dolphins, the normal American ones. There are more
seabirds about as well, shearwaters and petrels. Exactly which ones I am not
sure. They are too quick and the boat too bouncy for binoculars and they
do not come close enough for me to tell.
I finished the lettuce and tomatoes yesterday, they
were still fresh after two weeks at sea. I must not say a
fortnight if I want the Americans to understand. Since the
emergency rations today were albacore steak, the suffering is not
severe. There is enough food, gas and water
to get me to England.
Following my wash yesterday I trimmed my beard
today. Hair combing tomorrow.
I spent time this morning writing out my
understanding of how deep and shallow water waves work. I think
I have got that bit clear, it seems to match the equations and velocities.
Now for the transitions between the them.
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