Latitude: 16 56.570 S
Longitude: 177 22.080 E
Update: Sunday, May 29, 2011
The beautiful red sky last night brought a downpour of rain throughout the night and a strong east wind. We woke to an increasingly overcast sky. We were planning on leaving this morning, but Russ detected some engine coolant at the bottom of the engine room. We weren't going anywhere until, he figured out and fixed the problem. We certainly didn't want to have our engine go down while threading our way through the reefs.
After a couple of hours, Worrall Wind was back in order. The leaking coolant and Russ's keen eye was a good omen because we were able to prevent a catastrophe that would have happened when we needed our engine most. The coolant was coming from the hose near the clamp. While examining the clamp, the camp broke in Russ's hand.
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This is where sweating the small stuff is worth the sweat!
By the time we pulled up the anchor at 11:00 a.m., the wind was blowing about 10-15 knots and a high overcast was forming. It looked like it was clear in the east (direction of the wind), so we decided to take off. Russ had set 45 way points into the GPS. The overcast, 1 meter wind waves, and gusts up to 20 knots, and sea spray over the bow, added to our tension as we snaked our way up the island chain to Blue Lagoon. There were breaking reefs on the right, on the left, and in front of us. We motored the entire way.....and didn't hit anything! Yeah!
I am so thankful that we took our reconnaissance mission three weeks ago on the ferry to chart the trail. Every point was spot on! And we were both grateful that we caught the hose clamp breakage, before it became a huge problem.
We reached Blue Lagoon around 3:30, dropped anchor in 43 feet of water, let out 160 feet of chain, and are catching up on things. Yes! Our data stick works here! Internet feast!
All is Well with the 2 Sail R's on Worrall Wind
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