We’ve been haulin ass and keeling over, aiming straight for Hiva Oa. We traded out the genoas today…folding and pleating this massive sail in a narrow space with the edge of the boat almost at the water’s surface with Kayak’s tilt is no easy task. Thank goodness time and again for my father’s lessons in our backyard on how to neatly and meticulously fold a tarp after a camping trip. Pull the desired crease tight, keep your hand or foot at the fold, teamwork teamwork…
I cleaned out the back of the cockpit today, as it’s filled with dirty oil jerry cans, empty and full water garaphones, old dirty damp rags, dirt, rust and fish death stink. The worst part of this self imposed task was when I lost my hat to the wind and the ocean. We decided without haste to about face and look for it but it was swallowed by the sea L It had been recently patched, too, with Jamaica flag colours, stitched by yours truly.
On a brighter note…Tomorrow morning we’ll be south of the Equator!
@6pm
1° 17’ N
134° 15’ W
Traveled 135 nautical miles
~4-6 knots / hour
breakfast: PB apple and nutella toasted tortillas
Lunch: Plantain chips
Dinner: Savoury scones and tomato cheese minestrone
Green in the Blue 