Day 10 - The Downwind Sail Rolling Abercizer
Harmonie
Don and Anne Myers
Wed 19 Mar 2008 19:39
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08:23.950S 117:04.015W
We continue to make good progress, although the
wind has been dancing with us a bit, changing its position almost constantly
- just to keep us on our toes I'm sure. At the moment we are
experiencing the unpleasant full tilt roll motion associated with downwind
sailing. Perhaps this is good exercise for our abs though....we have to
continually rebalance ourselves, even when sitting down. Maybe this will
become a new exercise craze...the Downwind Sail Rolling Abercizer - lose inches
around your middle simply by sitting on your butt!
We celebrated crossing the half-way point yesterday
with a fabulous omelet cooked perfectly by Don. Not sure how Don enjoyed
the celebration, but the night off from cooking in a moving kitchen worked well
for me.
There is nothing else new to report. No fish
- not even a flying fish - no squidding incidents, no other sailboats or any
other manmade floating vessels of any kind in view (or on the
radar).
Now it's time for...
Marquesas Semi-Useless Factoid #9:
The earliest inhabitants are believed to have
migrated by sea from Melanesia at about the time of Christ. The population
multiplied and the culture reached its maximum development from 1400 - 1790
AD.
Sailing toward the Marquesas in our own floating
condo, it's hard to imagine how the earliest inhabitants of the Marquesas made
it to the islands after crossing hundreds of miles of ocean presumably in
nothing but a dugout canoe. Makes us appreciate our luxury liner,
regardless of the full tilt roll action.
Anne |