Delayed Update

Due to technical difficulties, I wasn't able to post yesterday's blog. We had an electrical issue that had to be taken care of before we felt comfortable emailing again. That is now all fixed - thank goodness for all the spares we carry. And if it breaks again, we have still more!

The past two days have been both exhilarating and boring. We get a spell of wind for a while, and our speeds go crazy and our computed arrival times go down. Then the wind goes away and we are hand-steering and looking at far away arrival times. Overall, though, we are still making really good time despite the conditions. And we are almost completely clear of the doldrums. That should be by tomorrow morning. But they have not been unkind to us, and our passage is still going well.

Our current position is 11 deg 26.7 N, 144 deg 08.7 W, as of 1145 local time today (9/9). We are motoring due to light winds, with a speed of 5-5.5 kts, on a course of ~045T.