Start of the long trek across the Pacific
Lynn & Mike ..around the world
Mike Drinkrow & Lynn v/d Hoven
Thu 28 Mar 2013 04:57
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Start of our trip to the south
Pacific
Tomorrow morning we start our long journey
to the south Pacific.
Mike's brother John has arrived from Cape
Town, and will be joining us for this, the longest leg in our journey around the
world.
Today John has a tour on the USMidway -
WWII aircraft carrier - with our friend Dick Walker, who has been very kind in
helping us with hard to find provisions. Provisioning for this trip has been a
challenge, as it will be a long time before we get to a decent store
again.
We will fill up with fuel in San
Diego tomorrow morning, and then head south down the Mexican Baja Peninsula for
a few days before we "turn right". From there - Land to Land (Turtle
Bay to Nuka Hiva in the Marquesas) will be a bit over 2800nm. We have
extra drums of fuel on board but will still be taking it easy, travelling at
about 7.3knots to conserve fuel.
We have set up our Sat phone, and assuming
that continues to work, we will upload news and position data as we go
along.
Last night we said goodbye to our new
friends Larry & Susan Twomey, who brought us potted herbs as a
farewell gift. And then had dinner with our old friend Phil on Tetu who will be
motoring down to Turtle Bay with us.
  Phil & Tim (Tetu) with
Mike and
John Our
herb garden!
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