UTC 1500 Local 0800
Latitude: 12 37.461 N
Longitude:119 19.386 W
Conditions:
Since yesterday around noon, we have had light seas and light winds of about 10-12 knots, coming from the north east. We have changed tack and are now headed more south than west and no longer running with the wind but have it on our port quarter. It's a perfect tack for our new gennaker which we have had flying now since noon yesterday. We were a little apprehensive about flying her at night, but the grib files indicated a continuing trend of light winds, so she flew off our starboard side on a broad reach most of the night and at least we were moving 3 knots in the right direction. An added benefit was the definite port tack and the quelling of the incessant back and forth rocking we were experiencing running down wind with confused seas hitting us from all directions.
The sky is clear, the air temperature is 82 degrees already this morning. We finished up our rousing game of dominoes yesterday evening. Garyn was the clear winner. Russ and I were neck and neck for second place. When Garyn went out, I had a double blank in my hand and Russ had 3 points in his. He lost by 2 points! That was a squeeker!
Last night was picnic night aboard Worrall Wind. We had ham steaks, potato salad, and coleslaw. It was calm enough to eat off plates. Yeah.
Russ and Garyn are on the lido deck enjoying their morning coffee and cocoa. I got my first full night of sleep last night since our engine failed and the whisker pole broke. That was to be my night off and turned out to be a full night on. With those little miseries behind us, it couldn't be more perfect out here. It's amazing how much better a good night's rest is.
I'm on early transition watch tonight. Garyn is on dawn watch. Russ gets to sleep through the night tonight. I expect that unless something happens, we will be spending our day today reading, listening to Fountain Head, and lounging about....rough!
All is well on Worrall Wind.
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