April 1, 2014
Logbook – April 1, 2014 (Punta de Mita to Hiva Oa)
Passage Log Highlights
- 1209 main + genoa
- 1706 D–>B main + genniker
- 2307 T–>D main + genoa
- Min TWS 14 kts E
- Max TWS 19.4 kts E
Daily Notes
- Day 22
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Email to family and friends dated April 1, 2014
Subject: Day 22
We’ve had steady SE trade winds for 2 days now, making our last days at sea quite a sleigh ride. We should make landfall by sunrise, and I told everyone I would be waking them up. You know how when you don’t like something but you know you are going to have to endure it for awhile you can do all sorts of subconscious mental gymnastics to not even acknowledge it. Like if you don’t actually think it it’s not actually bothering you? Well, I fell off the balance beam today, figuratively and somewhat literally. Today, for the first day, I absolutely could not tolerate any longer not being able to stand or move about or do pretty much anything without holding on!
It was a good school day, because you don’t usually have to hold on to sit down, but you do have to keep your core muscles engaged at all times. Brenden finished his second test lesson today, which means he’s 1/4 of the way done with 5th grade.
I made homemade mac and cheese today (with bread crumbs on top and everything) and it was a huge hit. Boxed mac and cheese is one of the few packaged food items I have not relented and used on board. Oh, that and boxed mashed potatoes. So, it had been over a year since we’ve had mac and cheese. It was a huge hit, but kind of a pain to make, since it didn’t follow my usual rule of dirtying only one dish (it used a pot and a casserole dish). The boys, who do the dishes, didn’t actually mind, though.
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At 4/2/2014 6:30 AM (utc) our position was 09°02.56’S 137°49.21’W
Gresham Family Exodus 