Day 314 - Marquises - Tuamotu Passage Day 3

Silk Sheets
Ben Shute & Fiona Kennelly
Wed 10 Jun 2009 20:48

3rd June – As of midnight I was at position 12:38.47S 144:11.01W

 

No fish still, I think it is a pay back however the weather did play up on me quite a lot. I went to bed about 9PM only to be waken by a storm front that came through at 10:30PM. It was crazy as the rain pelted down and wind grew in strength I found myself reefing in almost all the sail only to have the wind stop. Then the rain would stop and the wind would start and then they would both go again and then stop. Madness, it was madness as it was driving me mad. Basically the boat needs constant attention in these sort of conditions and me just hopping in to bed and going to sleep just can not happen. Well by 5:30AM the wind had settled and I was back on course. Now sleep………..

 

Day 314

Destination – Marquises - Tuamotu Passage  Day 3

Traveling Direction – South West

Average Speed – 5.2

Total distance – 115 Nautical Miles

Travel Time – 24h