We are sailing on a wide blue sea with all sails up going a little less than 5 knots. It seems like we are the only people in the whole world. Except for birds, nothing else than us, the sea, sky, and sun. Only a few clouds in the distance. It’s hard to describe the overall grandeur.
That’s the good news. The bad news is that the wind is blowing out of just about the exact direction we want to go. We tacked this morning to go more easterly and are now going about 10 to 15 degrees south of east. Not exactly back to Hawaii, but it feels that way. If the wind doesn’t shift, we will probably tack again to resume our more northerly track once we get more east.
Think of birds, we had two ride with use all night. One on the rail at the front of the boat and a second on the outboard motor in the cockpit. While it was nice to have some company, they left lots of “white stuff” to remind us of their presence. I guess they wanted a rest.
Bob
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At 8/27/2009 (utc) our position was 24°38.03′N 158°43.88′W
