Day 2, Scarborough to Lady Musgrave

Mother's Day Sunset

The wind and sea were negligible last night. The sky was clear and filled with stars. Our bow wake twinkled with fosforescente stars of the sea. We motored and slept well when not on watch. The moon rose about 11:15 p.m. It came out of the eastern sea like a wine glass half full of golden red lava, and paled two a wheat gold as it rose higher in the sky. The air was cool but not cold. Absolutely a gorgeous night.

Russ got the running lights fixed just before dusk, and magically the radar started to work on its own accord about the same time, so going into the night knowing our systems were working took the stress off and we could just enjoy the evening. We had baked pesto-mozzerella portobello mushrooms for dinner and dark chocolate for dessert. No wine while we're sailing though....oh the hardships of the sea.

It is now about 2:00 p.m.on day 2, another cloudless sunny day about 68 degrees. The wind has come up to about 14 knots, the motor is off, Hydie our windvane steering system is keeping us on course as we track north at about 4.5 knots with three sails up. We have a head current pushing the bow eastward and slowing us down a bit, but we hope to make it up when/if the wind picks up this evening. We still plan to arrive at the reef tomorrow morning.

Russ is taking a siesta. I slept until 8:00 this morning...it's Mother's Day! I don't remember what we were doing last year on Mother's Day, but 2 years ago, we were spending our first full day on Hiva Oa in the Marquesas Islands after a long Pacific crossing. Exciting times. Our son and daughter-in-law were with us. Mother's Day is so much better when the kids are actually around. I know my Mom feels the same way. Love you Mom!

That's it for now. We are about 12 miles offshore and still getting sporadic cell coverage, so will try and post this on the Internet.

All is Well with the 2 Sail R's on the Sailing Vessel Worrall Wind