Date: 7 August 2009 2000 UTC (1200 Samadhi Time)
Distance sailed in last 23 hours: 153 nm
Distance to Half Moon Bay: 1249 nm
Latitude: 39 05.710 N
Longitude: 147 58.698 W
COG: 072M
SOG: 6.2 kts under power
Wind: 7 kts S
Seas: 2 ft W swell
Weather: 50% Cloud Cover
Barometric Pressure: 1029.0, steady
Sea Temperature: 75 F
It's been another idyllic day aboard Samadhi V. Smooth seas and pleasant weather abound. We don't have much wind currently, but we aren't complaining. Samadhi is gently being pushed by the shallow swells and rocking us to sleep when we're off watch.
Since the wind is continuing to be very light and from astern, we are still under power. We brought our full capacity of fuel along with us. We plan to use the fuel to shorten our journey to California. The most current forecast is showing stronger winds in 2-3 days.
We've "turned the corner" and established Samadhi on our final course to Half Moon Bay. We believe that we have passed the halfway mileage point in our journey. It is heartening to no longer be pointed towards Alaska!
Sadly, we have depleted our stores of Hawaiian tropical fruit. Now we are down to apples and limes to keep the scurvy at bay. :) That, and all the fresh vegetables still aboard. We've also been eating lots of dried fruit and nuts -- special thanks to Leslie or her care package of goodies that arrived in Hawaii before we left!
To conserve water aboard, we have been using a combination of saltwater and fresh to wash the dishes. We also decided to use paper plates on this passage to reduce the amount of dishes and thus freshwater used. It's a real chore to wash dishes by hand in saltwater. The reason is twofold, one because you must be careful not to get the saltwater everywhere (salt inside the boat leads to lots of issues) and second, it requires two rinses, one in saltwater and then a final one in fresh. With just the two of us aboard, we've been able to stretch things to two or three days between dishwashing. The boys would definitely confirm that this is a big improvement over the daily exercise we had on our passage to Hawaii.
As noted above, Samadhi Time is now UTC -8. We plan to change to UTC -7 (PDT) a few days before landfall.
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