Starry Starry Night

'Sarf & West mate, Sarf & West'
Pete Bernfeld
Wed 5 May 2010 18:18
04:08.620S 105:05.755W
Position at 1800 UTC 05/05/10
Noon run 168nm.
A beautiful night last night, wall to wall stars for most of it and for once the sea settled down and just occasionally we surfed gently down-swell and almost downwind at up to 8.5kts SOG and yes, Pauline, I was listening to Enya!
Conditions today pleasant, still maintaining well above the planned average speed. I've replaced the thermostat in the fridge this morning so fingers crossed it'll be working again. For all you 'engineering types' out there, 12V power was getting to the thermostat controller and the cold plate was cold(ish) to the touch but wouldn't get cold enough to freeze-down the freezer compartment. If not a U/S thermostat then??? Answers inan email please:)
Just had our first time-change of the trip, crossing the 105W Longitude line so local time is n ow UTC - 7hours. That'll confuse everybody fopr a day or so!
All well onboard.