UTC/Local Time: Tuesday, September 7 0500/ Monday, September 6 1900
Latitude: 14 22.938 S
Longitude: 169 42.193 W
Course Over Ground: 262 @ 6 knots
Wind Direction: SE 25 knots, enhanced with gusts over 30
Sea Swell: 3-4 meter swells from the SE
Sky: 60%
Barometric Pressure: 1013
Update: 60 miles to go
We had a busy sailing night last night, having to help Hydie along through large seas and several squalls. Russ and I were doing a 1 to 2 hour watch schedule. We had Hydie set for a beam reach and she should have been set for a broad reach so we were always having to over correct at the helm. We had to wait until after 2:00 a.m. when the seas calmed down to go outside and reset Hydie.
Today's sailing was pretty uneventful. We heard from my cousin Patricia and her partner David on the Ham radio today. That was a nice surprise even though the reception wasn't good and we needed a relay. We will try again tomorrow night, from Pago Pago.
The winds have kicked up again tonight and now we are sailing faster than we would like as we will be arriving around 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning to the entrance. We are already reefed down as much as we can be given the size of the seas. We need a certain amount of sail out just to keep the boat moving and keep it from rocking back and forth. We are hoping the winds will die down later tonight like they did last night. It would be perfect to arrive at first light,about 7:00 a.m.
We are looking forward to dropping the hook and catching up on some sleep.
All is well on Worrall Wind.
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