March 30, 2014
Logbook – March 30, 2014 (Punta de Mita to Hiva Oa)
Passage Log Highlights
- 1200 D–>T main + genoa
- Min TWS 10.3 kts E
- Max TWS 14.9 kts NE
Daily Notes
- Day 20
No photos
Email to family and friends dated March 30, 2014
Subject: PPJ Day 20
Distance to waypoint = 356 nmi. We should arrive Wed afternoon or Thurs morning. I am looking forward to exploring the town. French bread and pastries… mmmmm
I did a tally of our engine usage, and it hasn’t been all that bad. We’ve run one engine on four occasions totaling 11 hours, 34 minutes. Our approach has been that we run one engine when both of the following two conditions occur: 1) Light winds, such that we would be traveling < 3.5 kts, mas o menos, over ground. 2) It’s time to charge the batteries and we would need to run the generator anyway. If you’ve got to burn fossil fuel, might as well burn the one that will also propel you forward.
Yesterday’s GRIB files showed that we should see 10-15 kts of wind the rest of the way, so if that holds up, we won’t need to run the engines anymore. Of course, right now it’s blowing about 8 kts. We had a strange wind shift in the afternoon to the ENE, that certainly wasn’t in the GRIBs, so you just really never know what you’re going to get.
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At 3/31/2014 12:31 PM (utc) our position was 06°03.73’S 134°03.15’W
Gresham Family Exodus 