Day 8 - Rolling Along
Harmonie
Don and Anne Myers
Mon 17 Mar 2008 19:09
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07:36.396S 110:54.973W
Blog entry from Captain Don:
Life on Harmonie is going well. The last
twenty four hours were not all that productive. The wind was lighter and
backed more to the east, but not enough for our downwind rig which would make
for easier sailing and better speed. This morning the wind picked back up
and we poled out the Genoa (big front sail), so now we are moving along quite
nicely.
Last night after dinner, we were relaxing in the
cockpit. I was contemplating all of the change in the past year. It
was almost a year ago that Anne and I announced we were retiring and moving onto
our boat to sail around the world. I glanced over to Anne who was reading
a novel (picture below). This just emphasized the point. What's the
big deal about reading a book you ask? Well, on July 1 of last year we
departed Sodus Bay for the Atlantic Ocean. The conditions on Lake
Ontario were what we would describe as a little lumpy. Anne was sea sick
just sitting in the cockpit. Last night, while the waves were not
huge, they approached from several different directions. John,
on the nearby boat Chantelle said on the radio, "It is a bit rollier than
we would like". Anne had just cooked shrimp stir-fry from scratch for
dinner. Cooking in these conditions is a bit like juggling. So after
spending time working below in rolly seas, Anne moved to the cockpit to read her
book as if the seas were flat as glass. I guess that is what spending
seven and a half months traveling over 8000 miles on a sailboat will do for
you.
Now it's time for...
Marquesas Semi-Useless Factoid #7:
There are no indigenous animals in the
Marquesas. All of the animals that exist on the islands were brought by
humans from some other place.
Don |
