a hitachhiker
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10:02.00S 148:15.30W
Good evening, AT dinner time, one of the several big black birds that
often circle our boat, started examining the mast top very intently and finally
settled down on it. This may sound cute, other than the poop he may thank
us with; but we have lots of equipment up there; our windvane, wind speed and
direction sensor, tri light, and a couple of communication antennas. The
bird felt these were just so much bother and seemed to flap his wings at these
various obstructions to what he saw as his rightful perch. I was worried
he would knock something down, off its …Yelling at him did
nothing. He stayed for an hour and then, rested enough, took
off on his own steam for somewhere. The winds have lost their beauty and now are making us work
very hard; changing from 10 to 25 knots where upon we double reef, only to have
it drop back down again. Then the cycle repeats itself. Also, the
direction has been swinging over 50 degrees, making it hard to set sails and
autohelm. Sam’s curry tuna hit the spot tonight. The crew
laughed at the portions in the curry pouches and couldn’t believe the
label saying it would serve 5 dinners. Now that we are getting closer, I’ve pulled out the
paper charts to refine the waypoints around the Tuomotos , (the dangerous
archipeligo), around Brando’s island, and into WE are less than 300 miles from Tuomotos and 480 from As I look around at all the wires and attached battery
chargers, I wonder what would be if babelfish did not have 110 volt receptacles.
Apparently, essential sailing gear includes music makers, dvds, cameras,
computers and 2 guitars(which don’t need to be charged)
. Babelfish Ps Good luck to IYC on your Commodore’s Ball and
Sailpast. Sorry I’m missing it.
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