[password]seabird14
[position] 22 16.9 S 000 38.3 E
[heading] 320T
[speed] 9.0 kts
[weather] 16kts SE, 2m seas SE, 1018 mb, 50% cc
[status] 527 nm to St Helena. 9.0 kts at 302T, stbd beam reach, sgl reefed main plus jib. Yay - this morning we took down the pole and gybed to a beam reach, ending over 60 hours of wing and wing sailing which was a bit exhausting. The motion down below is back to a steady uneven keel allowing us some latitude to relax and begin some chores. We did some gardening, shopping, sewing, and are about to do some baking. Sound domesticated enough? For you landlubbers, our "gardening" consists of checking all of our fruit and veg that is stowed throughout the boat, triaging that which must be discarded, that which must be eaten right away, then moving some into the fridge as space allows. "Shopping" means going into our various deep food storage lazarettes and refilling our easy access lazarettes with staples. "Sewing" is the beginning of make and mends - whip finishing some lines, and repairing some clothing items not yet ready for the bin. Two hours from now marks 7 full days of sailing so far on this passage - while we have sailed 1434nm , only 1177nm of it has been DMG. In 50nm we will cross over into the Western Hemisphere for the first time in 6 years. Definitely cause for celebration, which we will squeeze in between some much needed afternoon napping.
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