Monday May 5, Day 5:
Bula,
All is well and another pretty boring day. The main story today is the fickle weather. The NE winds came back. Since early morning the winds backed to NNE-ENE 8-14 kts and stayed in the quadrant for about 15 hours. E-ESE was predicted. This puts the wind and sea on our starboard bow. Seas stayed relatively calm….maybe 2-4′ swell 12+ sec from the ENE with a 1′ wind chop. An ok ride for us.
Around 7:00pm (22S 178E) the winds clocked to ENE-ESE still 8-14 kts and stayed like that until midnight when the winds clocked to ESE-SE and calmed to 5-9 kts. The seas are <3’…..a most enjoyable and comfortable ride!!!!
The stars tonight were beautiful…..not a cloud in the sky….the Southern Cross is blazing away and the Milky Way is brilliant…..yes, I did break out in song 🙂 )))
Kathy says the highlight of the night/day was seeing the cargo ship….hmmmm!!!
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Stats:
Position: 20 43S 178 17E
Traveled: 182nm today; 905nm total; 244nm to go; ETA to Savusavu late Tuesday afternoon 5/6
Course: 000M COG
Wind: 8-12 kts ESE
Waves: 2-4′ 10 sec, 1′ wind chop ESE
Speed: current speed is 8.1 SOG; has varied 6.9-8.1 kts; avg is 7.7 kts; 1600 rpm
Weather: 10% cloud this am; sea temp 79.5 deg F; air temp is 77 deg F
Boat sightings: 1 today, a cargo ship; 2 total
Fishing: nope, took the day off; both of us feeling very lethargic/tired, will fish hard next 2 days….here tuna, tuna, tuna!!; 3 total
Sail: down
Fuel burn: 1.39nmpg; 1.43 nmpg total…still a little higher than normal…but will take it!!
Hope all is well!
John
Mystic Moon
