ships log
18th May 2007 07:15z
Location: doldrums
sailing
Lat:5 51.323N
Long: 85 33.119W
Boat speed: 7
Boat heading: 158
Weather: cloudy
Temp: 82
Wind speed: 18
Wind direction: 0
Sailed all night with 9-15 kts still close hauled. Catnaps are working better and am not quite so tired today. This morning the wind picked up 15-22kts (still close hauled) I'm trying to keep as westerly as possible so that the approach to Ecuador will be with the wind and current. Still three days of sailing isn't bad for the doldrums! Especially as I was resigned to drifting around. The sea is all chopped up - it kind of reminds me of the north sea - only not as brown! Batteries are doing great - I am actually going to have to run the engine and do a bit of recharging (it's been cloudy for the last two days and the solar panels cannot keep up. With the boat constantly heeled from 10 to 30 degrees - moving around is more of a slither - doing the washing up is like an abs abs abs workout (I'm guessing as I've never done one) still fat chance (pun intended) that it will have any effect on mine as I'm none too frequent with the washing up…. Seen only one ship and that was yesterday - seems an awfully quiet part of the Pacific.
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