Still Alive!!!
(Remember that scene from Croods?, LOL)
We all survived the first night at sea on our trans-equatorial passage!
It was mostly a beautiful stary night, before the moon rose, the milky way beautifully lit the summer sky and these southern stars, some familiar, some not so much.
Before midnight, the waning half moon rose... it was almost spooky the way it was shrouded and glowing on the horizon... odd looking & took a minute to identify.
On my 12-3 watch we had a nice warm moon-lit sail under a Polynesian sky. Our boat speed (even riding heavy with FULL tanks of fuel and water) averaged about 8 knots. I was happy to have winds under 20 mph for most of my time watching the auto helm drive the boat. (Best first mate, ever!!!)
Currently, we sit at 16 hours, 145 miles in. Happily putting some "east in the bank" for we expect to get set to the west in the little latitudes.
A forecast indicates that we will get to the edge of these pressure winds, and things will slow down late this afternoon... we'll see.
Love and light.
Fair winds,
~e.
No comments:
Post a Comment