Wednesday, 07 June 2006
Noon Position : 23 29 N 115 55 W
Course: 340 degrees Speed now: 9.8 knots Days Run : 272 miles
Weather : Overcast/ partly cloudy, very light westerly wind
Today’s News: Sailing up this coast is a bit like playing Russian roulette,
except you have 5 chambers full and only one empty instead of the reverse.
We have been incredibly lucky to have got the empty chamber and had great
weather all the way. We are doing so well that we have now backed off on the
power so that we do not arrive too early tomorrow morning. We are keeping
the speed just less than 10 knots so that we can arrive about 7 am on
Thursday. When we arrive into the USA at our first port we have to go to the
customs dock for inspection by all he various authorities before we can
proceed to our dock in Kona Kai marina.
The sea is pretty grey and lumpy at the moment with a fairly big swell from
the north west, probably from some storm way up north. We have the lines out
but not a sign of any fish around. We have seen a few porpoise but little
other marina life, not even many birds.
We are all looking forward to arriving in America.
PW