October27

[position] 16 38S 164 57E

[weather] SE wind 17 knts, sea 1.5m from SE, 0% cloud, SOG 7 knots, COG
280T, bar 1011

[status]  Today was a beautiful day at sea with a sunny sky.  The sea
was a little bigger today, but the wave period is about 8 seconds (as
opposed to 5-6 seconds yesterday) making it much more comfortable on
board.  We have not seen any boats, just a few sea birds.

Got our sea legs back and got in some naps today.  Been reading about
the Solomon Islands.  There are a dozen or so main islands and over
1,000 islands if you count all the small islands and islets.  They were
first inhabited in 4000 BC by the Melanesian and Polynesian people. They
were first discovered by the Spanish in 1595, but colonization did not
begin until the late 1700s.  In 1893, they became a British
protectorate.  In WWII, the Japanese took over parts of teh Solomons,
including Guadalcanal and the New Georgia Sound (The Slot), where one of
the fiercest battles took place with 67 war ships sunk.  Google "John F
Kennedy, WWII PT Boat 109" for a good story.

More Later - G&T

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