Halvveis

Silene's cruising log
Jørn and Eli Nygaard
Mon 7 May 2007 20:00
05:58.200S 115:35.600W

I natt passerte vi halvveis, og det er derfor stor feiring ombord i dag.
Feiringen startet med pizza til frokost, og til lunch står brownies på
menyen.

Et stort skip fra Wilhemsen passerte oss i morgen. Vi kalte opp, og fikk
"morn du" til svar. Skipet, med norsk skipper (pluss flere andre nordmenn på
opplæring), var på vei fra Panama til Tahiti.

I morges fant vi også en søt liten blekksprut på dekk. En fin avveksling fra
de utallige flygefiskene vi plukker på dekk hver dag.

Vi har begynt å lage ferskvann på nattevakter. Vi har en manuell watermaker,
som gir ca 5 liter i timen. Og som bonus får vi bevege en arm (det nærmeste
vi har kommet fysisk aktivitet på en stund). I natt har vi laget 20 liter.

Lydbøker er sterkt undervurdert. Vi hører masse på bøker om natten, og hører
nå begge Thor Heyerdals Kon Tiki. Når vi ser på de enorme massene av
brytende bølger som farer forbi oss, kan vi forstå at de innimellom våknet
på flåten, og lurte på hvordan i all verden de var havnet der; på en flåte
midt i Stillehavet.

Alt vel


In english

Yesterday was quite windy (had above 20 knots for about 30 hours) and seas
were a bit to high to be confortable. We had to reduce sail even more (we
still haven't got our mainsail up -it's been down for a week now :)). We are
sailing with genoa pooled out to starboard side (put the pole up a week ago
also, pretty lazy sailing). Yesterday, the waves from the side, pushed us so
far down, that the pole got in the water. There is always a risk that the
poole (or even worse, the shrouds) may brake i it gets into water when the
boat is having a good speed. So we went slow yesterday -poole is still
on -and in one piece.

Today, is really lovely conditions, around 15 knots -and sea is less rough.
Feels very relaxing sailing in calmer sea -and a lot easier to cook :)

At nightshifts we've started to make fresh water with our manual watermaker.
It's working excellent (and we get to move a body part (arm)...). Last night
we made 20 liters.

A big commercial ship with norwegian skipper passed us this morning ;) Thats
about all the happeninges we can think of.

Choosing a cake for our celebration (half way) today was very difficult. We
decided on brownies (a very big one, which has to be eaten within the day).
There is always a chance of new cake when we have 10 000 and 5000 miles
left. To top the celebration we had pizza for breakfast today :)

Regarding plan..... We don't actually have a plan anymore, and have decided
to sail against Fatu Hiva, on a course of 258. We saw some GRB files, and
whether wind is going to hold all the way seems 50/50, so we'll have to see
when we're about 300 miles from Fatu Hiva, wether we should head more
westerly at the end, or head straight on.





E&J