Day 13 - Still going...
Harmonie
Don and Anne Myers
Sat 22 Mar 2008 20:17
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09:00.463S 125:51.463W
Like the Energizer Bunny....still
going.
Slower, less wind, smaller waves, but still
going. Still looking at Thursday as our arrival date.
In the meantime, we are doing laundry, fishing
(still no fish!!), defrosting the freezer, changing the engine oil, baking
brownies, etc.. You know, normal household stuff - all done while bouncing
along at 6.5 knots in the middle of the Pacific.
The weather forecast is good, although the winds
are supposed to continue to get lighter. We'll go slower, but the ride
should be nice and smooth.
Everyone is starting to get antsy. Some of
the other boats with larger crew are starting to get creative in their
boredom. Storyteller (Australian) emailed an original poem, 'Ode
to Tuna' to the fleet yesterday. I am trying to get permission to
reprint it on our website. If I am successful, you will get to
enjoy it in a few days time. Southern Princess (Australian) followed up
with an email of their own describing the trials and tribulations they had with
a plugged toilet. It involved high anxiety and a lot of 'evil smelling
stuff'. These are the kinds of things that keep us boaters entertained
while sailing slowly across the expanse of the Pacific.
Now it's time for...
Marquesas Semi-Useless Factoid #12:
After the Spaniard Alvaro Mendana 'discovered' the
islands in 1595, Cook, Ingraham and the Frenchman Marchand sighted the remaining
islands between 1774 and 1791. The Marquesas became a French protectorate
in 1842 after a treaty was signed between Admiral du Petit Thouras and the
native chiefs.
The islands have been French ever
since.
Anne
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