Day 4

28/06/12

12.00 L

17 42.95 S, 159 12.5 E

COG 300 T

Log 2183 NM

SOG  7 kt

Motorsailing

 

the last 24 hours..

12.00 I do entry log

13.00 end of my 3 hours watch

13.15 Lunch: Bacchi tuna steak rare, with a green salad followed by a fresh fruit plate topped with whipped cream

14.00 Shower followed by a Nap

16.30 up and about and eat a couple of kiwi to help my transit

17.00 Movie time! "l ordre et la morale", movie about the "evenement " in ouvea, New Caledonia

18.00 It starts raining, and the wind dies, we starts the engine and i get soaked dropping the main sail

18.30 back to Movie time,

19.00 Nap time

19.45 I get soaked again hoisting the main sail

20.00 my first watch of the night starts

20.15 dinner break: Pasta with pork sausages and tomato sauce...

22.00 end of my watch, no moon no stars, just rain

22.05 Nap time

23.45 Some noise wakes me up, squalls with gusts up to 30 kt, i get soaked putting 2 reefs in the main sail, then back to bed

01.45 I get soaked shaking one reef in the main sail

02.00 my second watch of the night starts, under the rain

04.20 I wake up Suzanne for her watch, and i go to bed

05.30 the wind dies, they starts the engine and I go back to bed

07.30 no more rain, the wind picks up, we shake one reef then another one, then i go back to bed

09.45 we starts the engine and drop the main sail

10.00 I start my watch and start the fishing competition with francesco

11.45 I am cutting his hair then a mahi-mahi breaks snaps his fishing line

12.30 A sword fish break my line..no fish for today

 

another day in paradise!