I think I mentioned that we estimated 25-30 hours... yeah. We were way off. We had some flukey winds as part of an all up-wind sail, plus a couple exercises that took some time. So ... we did not make it to Tahiti before sunset. Which was a bit of a disappointment. We chose to manage the many inherent risks of boating in an unknown place in the dark... narrow channels, unknown anchorages, and a strange tie up at a marina where everyone has already gone home for the day. ... Nah... we'll just low-key drift around until sun rise. LOL
The night sky & tropical breezes, the pretty lights along the shore... it's pretty good. And much better than whatever anxiety ridden close calls or accidents we might have had doing tight maneuvers in the dark.
Yesterday afternoon we had a close call when the main sail halyard almost split completely! Luckily the core of the line held, and we were able to take the sail down, and run a new halyard and re-hoist the sail... all before night fall.
The new halyard is very slippery and we've had some trouble with it slipping the various "clutches". But we can adapt for now, and add it to the work scope to make some adjustments in port.
This prescription scopalamine patch, has been great! I'm very grateful to not feel yucky during all these rough hours, bouncing around on these waves. I'm still enjoying my ginger candies and sharing the love with Torsten.
Did I mention how great it is to have him on the boat with us? He's a great mechanic, a good story-teller, he knows lots of interesting & even relevant things! He has helped with so many projects, he's cautious and capable, and is really good company. The whole package! We feel so blessed!!
Love and light.
~e.
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