Sunday 10 Jul 2011
Randy, Graham, and I had the 1:00-4:00 AM watch. The sea state and winds remained the same and we sailed on a heading of 250 degrees at 7-8 kts. There was very little moonlight so we maintained our heading based on compass and wind instruments.
0600 PDT Position: 30 20 N, 131 52 W
During our 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM watch the conditions were the same. It was very overcast with little sunlight. We maintained a course of 240-260 degrees at 7-8 kts. At 12:45 we raised the .75 oz spinnaker and furled the No. 2 jib. The spinnaker allowed us to maintain our speed at a lower heading of 190-230 degrees.
Tom noticed that the jib tack was chafing against the bow pulpit at the lifeline turnbuckle. He taped a rag over the chafe point to minimize future chafing.
It's been a wet ride and we're still in our foul weather gear. We hope to see some sunshine soon.
During our 7:00-10:00 PM watch we sailed wing on wing at 240 degrees with the No. 2 jib poled out. Our speed was 6.5-8.2 kts with 1390 MN to Diamond Head at the end of our watch.
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