Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Tuesday, 7/27 Report

DAY 12 TUESDAY 0727 0504Z [Z STANDS FOR ZULU WHICH IS UNIVERSAL TIME, OR THE
OLD GREENWICH MEAN TIME. ALL OUR RADIO SCHEDULES AND WEATHER INFO IS IN ZULU
TIME. SHIP TIME IS HAWAII TIME, THEN THERE'S PST, ALL OF WHICH WE ATTEMPT TO
KEEP STRAIGHT...SOMETIMES EVEN SUCCESSFULLY]
POSITION:41-54N, 146-08W, CSE:082T, SPD:6.1KNOTS
OK, A LITTLE CLARIFICATION ON OUR "HALF WAY PARTY". FIRST OF ALL, YOU ALWAYS
HAVE TO HAVE A HALFWAY PARTY ON A PASSAGE...IT'S THE LAW. COMPUTING THIS BY
MILES TRAVELED IS IMPOSSIBLE SINCE WE ONLY KNOW HOW MANY MILES WE'VE TRAVELLED,
AND NO IDEA HOW MANY MILES ARE LEFT TO SAIL WITH WIND CHANGES AND ALL. SO,
USING THE GPS METHOD WE CAN DETERMINE THAT WE ARE AS FAR AWAY FROM HAWAII AS WE
ARE FROM SAN FRANCISCO...OR HALF WAY. IF YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING US ON THE MAP,
YOU WILL HAVE NOTICED THAT WE SAILED NORTH AND EVEN A LITTLE BIT WEST AT THE
START...NOT POINTING AT ALL IN THE DIRECTION OF HOME. SO, IT TOOK US 12 DAYS TO
GET WHERE WE ARE, BUT ONLY HAVE 7 OR 8 DAYS TO GO.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE SAILING WITH AN EVENING BREEZE, BUT EARLIER HAD TO HAVE THE
MAIN ENGINE ON FOR ALMOST 22 HOURS. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THE CREW GETS GOOFY,
SLEEPS A LOT AND WHEN NOT SLEEPING, STUFFING OUR FACES WITH NUTS, CHOCOLATE,
ORANGES AND VARIOUS OTHER SNACKS. IT'S BEEN VERY NICE WEATHER SO WE CAN FIND
OURSELVES ALL IN THE COCKPIT IN VARIOUS LOUNGY POSITIONS SAYING 'WHO'S ON
WATCH?' ME? OK...ZZZZZZZZ! THEN WE GET MORE SNACKS, CHANGE LOUNGY POSITIONS,
AND START OVER AGAIN.
WE WILL DEFINITELY BE MOTORING A LOT IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS WE PASS STRAIGHT
THROUGH THE PACIFIC HIGH WHICH HAS NO WIND. ONCE WE PUNCH THROUGH THE OTHER
SIDE, WE ARE EXPECTING A FAST APPROACH TO THE GOLDEN GATE. ZZZOOOOOOOOMMMMM!
OTHERWISE, AN UNEVENTFUL DAY...NOW THE LAST TIME I SAID THAT ALL HELL BROKE
LOOSE...WE'LL SEE!!!
ADRIEN

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