Day 5

Date: 03/21
Noon to noon run: just over 150 NM
Time of position: 18:30
Lat/Lon: 13 deg 26.28'N; 115 deg 55.39'W
Course: 210 deg Mag
Next Waypoint: 6 deg N; 126 deg W
Wind: Mostly on our stbd stern at about 5+/- knots.

Although we've logged 150 nautical miles the last two days, today dawned with light and fluky winds which we've had all day so power production has really only been solar. As such I'm keeping this brief.

Love John

Note from Gail - we have many ways to charge the batteries to handle various conditions.  Solar works for sunny days.  If they have wind to sail we have a towing generator - it's basically an arm with a propeller that we lower into the water and it generates power as the blades of the prop spin.  But it won't work without wind.  We have the engine, but that uses precious diesel fuel.  And we have a Honda generator that uses gasoline.  So many options, but solar is the way to go if you have sun.  John is monitoring power consumption so they have plenty of battery power to run the refrigeration and the navigation equipment.  The SSB radio he uses to send me these emails uses alot of power to transmit so he's keeping the messages short to conserve.  Nothing to worry about.