I’m a little fuzzy on how exactly to count these days – is our first “Day” our first day on the water that we left (Tuesday) or our first complete day after 24 hours on the boat? I’m not going to belabor the point with technicalities – Day 1 was Tuesday, Day 2 Wednesday, Day 3 Thursday (today) etc. I’m not even going to try and account for time zone differences, and when we cross the International Date line in a week or so? Fuhgeddaboudit! I’ll let someone else do the math on that one.
After a day and a half or weird sloppy seas, rain and clouds the weather has cleared a bit. We still have decent wind but the worst of the awful chop has settled out. We’re not back to that long gentle and fabled “Pacific Swell” we were hoping for, but our water glasses seem to be launching themselves about the cockpit with considerably less regularity so I will take it. With the waves slamming us about we’re making better time, we’ve put up our first couple of 8+ mile hours and about time at that.
Early today we crossed out of French Polynesian waters and into those claimed by New Zealand, who does the administrative management of the cook islands. No change in the scenery, but it felt like progress. The generator is still behaving and Kathy is preparing Italian sausage and peppers for dinner. So far today, life is pretty good!
