More Wind
Current Position (as of 8:53pm PT):
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Another good day. I didn't sleep too well because of the swells slapping the aft starboard quarter of the boat. They were pushing the boat slightly off course and making a motion that just didn't feel right which made it difficult to sleep. Sometimes the motion was so strong it would round the boat up into the wind so I would have to get up and reset her course. Part of this problem is to do with the design of the boat. I'm looking forward to the swells changing direction tomorrow as shown on the ClearPoint Weather forecast. I've really been liking my Monitor windvane. I have been playing with it since I left Catalina. I am getting pretty good at setting it and adjusting it.
The wind patterns are becoming more normal coming a steady 15-20 knots out of the NW. I have been going between 5 and 6 knots most of the day. When the boat gets on top of one of these Pacific rollers she slides down at 7 knots!
I've been rummaging through my food more. I hung up my hammock and filled it with fruit which I've been eating all day. I found some cherries that were practically walking off the boat. Yuk! For all of you who think that it is wonderful that I heated a can of soup a few days ago, I was attempting to make some Top Ramen today. I know its bad for you but it tastes really good at sea. Because the boat was rocking so much, the stove couldn't gimble far enough and it was spilling so I just ate it half cooked. I've been thinking of the $100 that Ray Cech sent me to go towards a meal in Majuro, my first landfall. I've been thinking about that a lot. By the way, I have known Ray and his wife Joan since I was brought home from Santa Monica Hospital to our boat in Neptune Marina.
The wind has died down some tonight (about 15 knots). I am sailing with 1 reef in the main sail and 3 reefs in the genoa. Not sure what to expect with the wind tonight. Have not seen any ships today. Hoping for a good nights sleep because I didn't have a nap today.
Thanks for all the emails and notes.
Cheers,
Zac
Dear Jim (Fulton),
Thanks for the riddle.
Decrease? I'm thnking of a propeller.
LMK and send another.
Zac
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Another good day. I didn't sleep too well because of the swells slapping the aft starboard quarter of the boat. They were pushing the boat slightly off course and making a motion that just didn't feel right which made it difficult to sleep. Sometimes the motion was so strong it would round the boat up into the wind so I would have to get up and reset her course. Part of this problem is to do with the design of the boat. I'm looking forward to the swells changing direction tomorrow as shown on the ClearPoint Weather forecast. I've really been liking my Monitor windvane. I have been playing with it since I left Catalina. I am getting pretty good at setting it and adjusting it.
The wind patterns are becoming more normal coming a steady 15-20 knots out of the NW. I have been going between 5 and 6 knots most of the day. When the boat gets on top of one of these Pacific rollers she slides down at 7 knots!
I've been rummaging through my food more. I hung up my hammock and filled it with fruit which I've been eating all day. I found some cherries that were practically walking off the boat. Yuk! For all of you who think that it is wonderful that I heated a can of soup a few days ago, I was attempting to make some Top Ramen today. I know its bad for you but it tastes really good at sea. Because the boat was rocking so much, the stove couldn't gimble far enough and it was spilling so I just ate it half cooked. I've been thinking of the $100 that Ray Cech sent me to go towards a meal in Majuro, my first landfall. I've been thinking about that a lot. By the way, I have known Ray and his wife Joan since I was brought home from Santa Monica Hospital to our boat in Neptune Marina.
The wind has died down some tonight (about 15 knots). I am sailing with 1 reef in the main sail and 3 reefs in the genoa. Not sure what to expect with the wind tonight. Have not seen any ships today. Hoping for a good nights sleep because I didn't have a nap today.
Thanks for all the emails and notes.
Cheers,
Zac
Dear Jim (Fulton),
Thanks for the riddle.
Decrease? I'm thnking of a propeller.
LMK and send another.
Zac
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9:33 PM
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