Thursday 14 June 2012, Lat: 09d 59m South, Long: 146d 32m West, 606 NM
sourth of the equator
Starboard tack, beam reach with 1 reef, heading 005T at 8.0
kts, en route to Honolulu
Cabin Temperature: 87 deg F, Humidity:
75%
It's hot and humid and the boat is all closed up to keep the
saltwater out. We all sleep with fans pointed at us. Temperatures on deck are
much more comfortable, but salt spray is included at no extra
charge.
Miraculously, there have been no leaks. I gooped up the leaky
chainplate and Mark applied Gorilla tape around the mast, and so far the pointy
end of the boat has stayed dry.
The wind came up above 20 knots in the
night and I put in a reef. The wind is expected to continue about the same for
another day and a half, then go light. It will be slow going across the ITCZ,
which will be 600 NM across at the time we arrive there. We don't carry enough
fuel to motor that far, so we'll have a speed threshold for starting the
engine.
We're sailing towards Jimmy Cornell's recommended waypoint for
this passage at 00N, 145W, and so far have had no difficulty staying pointed in
the right direction, sailing just a little high to offset the west setting
current.
So far, the hand fishing line we've been trailing for the past two days
has yet to catch a fish. In spite of the serious fish shortage, Mark has stayed
busy in the galley and kept us all well fed.
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