Day 10

Date: 08/23
Time of position: 18:00
Lat/Lon: 37 19.00'N deg 155 deg 33.96'W
Course: 350 deg Mag
Current Speed: 5Kt
New Waypoint: 40 00N; 153 .00W
              200NM distance

Synopsis: The last couple of days were spent dealing with a low we were trying to get east of in order to take advantage of a trough that would carry us north, but with a couple of tacks and a bunch of broken eggs, we did not get far enough east to make use of it. So, this morning at Oh-dark-thirty we headed north again, and shortly abandoned our plan - Oh well. Such is life at sea. I guess the good news is that we started from about 158W and turned north in earnest again at 155 14W and that is a huge difference from 158 from where we started.

Some of the Un-fun things over the past few days include scrambling a few dozen eggs on the cabin sole (floor) when the cabinet drawer they were in  jumped out of it's rack to the floor shortly after we tacked from starbord to port. What A Mess!!

We took time to thoroughly cleaned it up (lots of paper towels, water, and bleach) to prevent salmonella germs from cultivating. Then later that night I inadvertently stepped on a protrusion from a wall at foot level, lifting the toe nail on the fourth toe of my left foot - Ouch!! We also discovered the source of a loud bang we had heard in the middle of the night, and dealt with it.

Dick has been great helping with repairs and maintenance and has added a lot of his personal nautical touches to Music. For example, he wove a couple of pads that our block for the running blocks rest on when not is use, instead of just sitting on the deck. He also laced a bunch of pull tabs together out of light line for to be attached to all the pull pins we have on board - things like the pull pins to open the gates through of life lines, and on various snap shackles, etc.

This evening the wind is but a breeze and we are enjoying a well deserved dinner and gorgeous sunset in quiet stillness as we slowly head north.

Cheers, John