21.17 N
151.34 W
Distance travelled: 120 NM - 380 to go!
Happy Mother's Day! A special day for special people. I am lucky enough to have a wonderful mother, Wineita Coleman, whom I cherish. Although I can't celebrate the day with her, I am with her in spirit and send my love.
Conditions calmed down considerably over this last 24 hour period. We had about 10 knots during the night and the seas were low enough that we weren't banged around too much. We both slept well. On our watches we enjoyed gazing at the stars - still not particularly bright, but a stupendous number were visible, including the Milky Way, against a backdrop of inky black. On clear nights on the ocean, we can see the stars right on the horizon (in fact sometimes we think they are the lights of ships) because there is no ambient light from land. From where we are now, we can see the Southern Cross and the North Star. Spectacular!
Last night a flying fish decided to pay Doug a visit in the cockpit. The mess it made gave me an excuse to wash down the cockpit and clean the plastic windows on the dodger and side panels. Ka'sala will look great when she pulls into the Hawaii Yacht Club - the captain and crew? Hopefully not too smelly and scruffy! We will certainly have a big bag of laundry!
Mid morning the wind backed and picked up. We are now sailing at 6.5 knots on a beam reach - an excellent point of sail for Ka'sala. Down below we can hear the swishing of the water along the hull. We are relatively stable. Up above, it is warm in the cockpit under sunny skies with puffy clouds. In a word: stunning! We will enjoy every last minute of it!
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