Today has been a needed contrast to yesterday... the winds lightened some and the seas dampened. We are still making way between 4.5 and 5.0 knots, but the sailing is much calmer. Sunny skies and light winds made today a perfect day for doing laundry (woohoo!). We had made extra freshwater the other day with just this kind of occasion in mind. All of our sweatshirts are very salty from all the spray we've been taking in the cockpit for the last week. We know we'll want those warm and dry as we get further north, so it's important that I was able to get the salt out of them today. I even applied a little soap so they smell nice too!
Unfortunately, tonight is looking like we'll have squalls in store for us again. I guess it's time to crank the tunes again, but I'm getting tired of Nine Inch Nails. Maybe, Alice in Chains instead? Hmmm.
Our current data are:
Date/Time: 9/17 1800 HST
Position: 27D 14.6N, 145D 42.7W
COG/SOG: 350T, 4.8 kts
Wind: NE 8-10 kts
Seas: NE 3 ft
BTW: Yesterday's longitude should have read 145D 34.4W. Woops.
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