Sunday, August 1, 2010

Saturday Report

DAY 16 SAT 0731 TIME OF REPORT...EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...LIKE 3AM PST.
490 NM TO GO...WOOHOO!!!
POSITION 40-00N, 132-35W, CSE: 102DEG T, SPEED: 8KNOTS...WE ARE FLYING TONIGHT.
THE MAIN IS FULL UP THE JIB FULL OUT, WE ARE ON A BEAM REACH AND THE SEAS HAVE
FLATTENED OUT A BIT FROM EARLIER. VERY SMOOTH SAILING. EARLIER TODAY WE HAD
LESS WIND AND WE WERE ON A PORT BROAD REACH...NOT MY OR L'EAU LIFE'S FAVORITE
POINT OF SAIL. IT WAS A CLASSIC CASE OF "WHERE'S THAT DAMN SPINNAKER WHEN YOU
NEED IT???" WELL, WE KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION...IT'S IN THE BAG WITH A
RIP IN IT. BEING THE BUSY BEES THAT WE ARE, I DECIDED TO GET THE SAIL REPAIR
KIT OUT. WE WRESTLED THIS GINORMOUS SPINNAKER THROUGH THE CABIN TO THE SALON
WERE WE EFFECTED THE REPAIRS TO THE SPINNY. THE MOMENT OF TRUTH WAS UPON
US...THE SUSPENSE BUILDING AS THE PREPARATIONS TO SET THE SPINNAKER APPROACHED.
WELL, RAISING WAS DEFINITELY A CLUSTER MATING PROCESS. TOOK US 3 TIMES BEFORE
WE GOT HER UP...BUT LOW AND BEHOLD...SHE STAYED UP. THE REPAIRS HELD AND WE
CRUISED ALONG AT A COMFORTABLE 7 KNOTS. THEN THE WIND CAME AROUND MORE
FAVORABLY TO USE THE JIB. THE DOWSE WAS MUCH BETTER AND WE SUSPECT WE'LL USE
THE SPINNY AGAIN TO COME UNDER THE GOLDEN GATE, WHICH WE BELIEVE WILL BE THIS
WEDNSDAY, AUG 4TH. MORE ON THAT AS WE GET CLOSER.
LANCE LISTENED TO THE GIANTS GAME REPLAY ON KNBR RADIO ON HIS WATCH WHICH
EXPLAINED THE CHEERING IN THE COCKPIT ON HIS WATCH. WOKE ME UP. I LET THE GAME
END BEFORE THE FLOGGINGS BEGAN. [MUSN'T WAKE THE SKIPPER FOR FRIVOLOUS REASONS.
IN LANCE'S DEFENSE...IT WAS THE DODGERS THEY BEAT AND THEREFORE NOT FRIVOLOUS]
GO GIANTS!!! I JUST ENJOY THE FLOGGINGS TOO MUCH TO PASS ONE UP.
WELL, WE STILL HAVE LOTS OF FOOD LEFT...ESPECIALLY CANNED FOOD, WHICH PAULA
WILL BE DELIGHTED WITH. I KNOW I WILL BE STUFFING STEVE'S BAG WITH THEM DREADED
KIDNEY BEANS, BLACK BEANS, AND FRIGGIN' LENTILS. DAMN...LIKE CHEWING ON LITTLE
BITS OF TASTELESS FELT. I THINK HE SNUCK 'EM IN THE COSTCO BASKET WHEN I WASN'T
LOOKIN'. YA KNOW SOME IGNARNT CAVEMAN TRIED THIS KINDA FOOD OUT, AND GOT
POPULARIZED AT THE FART LIGHTING CONTESTS BY THE CAMP FIRE WAY BACK WHEN. WELL,
TURNS OUT EVOLUTION'S KINDA SLOW IN THAT DEPARTMENT!!!
ORANGES..ONE CRATE TO GO...APPLES...A CRATE AND A HALF. HAVEN'T TOUCHED THE
CLEMENTINES [WE DID SING A FEW BARS THOUGH!] SPEAKING OF BARS, STILL GOT QUITE
A FEW TOBLERONES!!! WE'RE COOKING THE LAST OF THE CHICKEN TONIGHT. WE'VE
FINALLY POLISHED OFF THE HAMBURGER MEAT IN THE FORM OF LEFTOVERS. THE FAMILY
SIZE JAR OF TUMS CAME IN HANDY I MIGHT ADD.
OK, I AM ON WATCH TEARING UP THE MILES, THE CREW IS SNORING, SO I'M GONNA GO
SOME WATCHY THINGS. GOODNIGHT!
THE FLOGGER


Paula Fondiller-Fournier
6106 Montgomery Ct., San Jose, CA 95135
home phone: 408-223-7160
cell phone: 408-250-9588
website: www.adrien.com

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