Day 3 - In Search of Wind
Harmonie
Don and Anne Myers
Wed 12 Mar 2008 19:00
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04:30.560S 96:31.181W
The wind left the scene last night around 8pm and
we have been motoring ever since. The good news is that this bout of
motoring does not qualify for motorslog status because we have a favorable
current of about a half knot, and we do occasionally have enough wind to
motorsail.
The other good news is that Don's makeshift
transmission shift lever shaft seal is working just fine and we have no leakage
to report. We will continue to check it every three hours and keep our
fingers crossed.
We are expecting the wind to reappear within the
next 24 hours as we get south of 5 degrees latitude where the southeast trade
winds should be building.
Marquesas Semi-Useless Factoid #2:
The Marquesas island group is part of French
Polynesia, an overseas 'collectivity' of France.
I'm embarrassed to say that until a few days ago,
we thought the Marquesas island group was an independent nation and did not
realize that it is actually part of French Polynesia. Oops. You
would think we'd have a better handle on these sorts of things by now. I
guess we were too busy swimming with sea lions to think seriously about
researching the Marquesas. Besides, we've got at least seventeen more days
to learn about the Marquesas before we actually arrive
there. This is the advantage of traveling by sailboat - nice and slow,
leaving plenty of time for previously neglected research.
Anne
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