March 17, 2014
Logbook – March 17, 2014 (Punta de Mita to Hiva Oa)
Passage Log Highlights
- 0445 wind slowly increasing
- 1307 D –> T genniker only
- 1347 sail change – spinnaker flying!
- 2257 T–> D genniker only
- Min TWS 13.7 kts NE
- Max TWS 17.2 kts NNE
Daily Notes
- Day 7
- Tim fixed the squeak
- Alex finished 6th grade!!!
- Caught another tuna
Email to family and friends dated March 17, 2014
Subject: PPJ Day 7 – Week 1
One week down. Two to three more to go. The big news today is Alex finished 6th grade! It only took us 14 months to get through the Calvert 6th grade curriculum, and we don’t even do everything. I’m giving the boys a couple days off from school and tomorrow we are going to have a celebration and the boys are going to bake snickerdoodles.
Another big accomplishment was fixing the squeaking noise in our cabin at the head of our bead that has been tormenting Tim and me. Last night when I came up for my first watch and Tim went down below I heard pounding and banging and pounding and banging, and I realized that Tim was beating the crap out of Exodus. I went down and asked him if he was winning and he vented frustration that the squeak seemed to be coming from everywhere. I left him to his battle, and a few minutes later he came up and very rationally said he was going to check the rudder bearing. And sure enough…
The wind has shifted more to the NE, so we flew the spinnaker for the first time today, and it was glorious. I always love it when the sock comes down and the chute inflates. Like I said, glorious.
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At 3/17/2014 11:45 PM (utc) our position was 15°49.45’N 117°05.63’W
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