Day 18

A word of caution - the following commentary is not for the faint of heart :)

Date: 09/02      

Noon to noon run: 159NM
Time of position: 7PM (HST)
Lat/Lon: 47 59.670N  135 28.99W
Course: 060-065 deg Mag
Current Speed: about 6kt
Next Waypoint: 48.00N; 135.00W
             140NM distance

Synopsis

The breeze was light but steady all day allowing us to make good progress. Cape Flattery, still over 400NM distant, is nevertheless gowing closer.

Tropics v/s cold water sailing

My sweetheart, who is also my wife, does not much care for the idea of cold water scuba diving. She says it is too much work, but I can honestly tell you that there is not much difference between cold water diving and cold water sailing. They both require a lot of work compared to sailing or diving in the tropics. Think about it.

Sailing in cold water - getting dressed: underwear, long underwear or at least polypropylene top,then pants, fleece shirt, vest, foul weather bibs, coat, hat, PFD. To go pee: remove the PFD, remove hat (you're going down below), remove the coat, unzip the foulie bibs and pull from shoulders, pull pants down or risk peeing into them inadvertently, move underwear aside or pull down. Tropics - to get dressed: put on shorts and short sleeve shirt. To go pee, pull shorts aside and lean over lifelines. Got it? (OK women have to do a bit more in the tropics, but at least they are not sitting on a cold toilet seat.)

Cheers, John