March 17, 2014
Logbook – March 17, 2014 (Punta de Mita to Hiva Oa)
- 1318 main + genniker
- Min TWS 9.4 kts SE
- Max TWS 14.3 kts SE
Daily Notes
- Time change UTC – 8
- Genoa repairs – All Day!
- More squalls
Email to family and friends dated March 27, 2014
Subject: PPJ Day 17
We find ourselves stuck in the equatorial counter current, which is knocking off 1-2 kts from our boat speed. We’ve been trying to get as far south as possible to get out of it, but today that just didn’t work out. We had to pull down the genoa, and Tim made some repairs to it. During that time, we flew the genniker, which simply cannot point that high to windward, so we spent the day going more west than south. But Tim did a fine job on genoa sewing, and we got it back up before dark, so we’ve been able to point a little higher so far through the night. We made another time change today, so Exodus time is now UTC -8 hours. We are in the home stretch, and it feels good.
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At 3/28/2014 7:00 AM (utc) our position was 01°39.83’S 128°58.55’W
Gresham Family Exodus 