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Saturday May 1 and Sunday May 2, the entire weekend in one day! Tomorrowland, we crossed the International Date Line, Day-16. Typically it would be 180.00 longitude but it does a bit of of a zigzag between islands so island groups will be in the same time zone. Samoa wanted to be part of theContinue reading “Bula Fiji- Day 16”

Friday April 30, 504 miles to go! Not much wind today, 6 knots tops. Did some motor sailing and sailing. For dinner I made Ancient Grains with roasted red peppers, peas, and salmon, tasty! *Iridium Go Notes* Pleasant Day in the Pacific Fri 30/Apr 23:27 GMT-11 17º 59.447 S 172º 13.817 W Course: 272° true,Continue reading “Bula Fiji- Day 15”

Thursday April 29, ahh the smell of baking bread in the morning! 6 knots of wind, rolling seas, cloudy skies, rain in the distance, 541 miles to go! *Iridium Go Notes* How we sleep, you ask? Thu 29/Apr 23:27 GMT-11 17º 59.916 S 171º 28.537 W Course: 272° true, 1.2 kts We do night shifts.Continue reading “Bula Fiji- Day 14”

Wednesday April 28, Are we there yet? we switched our clocks one hour back today. We are on American Samoa time GMT-11. 4pm on the boat, it’s 11pm Philadelphia time. *Sourdough Notes* Started another Belle loaf started today, building the Levain. Mix, stretch and folds in the evening for baking on Thursday morning. *Iridium GoContinue reading “Bula Fiji- Day 13”

Tuesday April 27, Distance to Fiji 763 nautical miles The wind is 15-20knots and we’re close reaching. The sails are both double reefed to keep the boat flat. Our buddy boat is 2 miles behind us. Regarding the trough I mentioned on Day 9, our weather person had this to say: ”The leading edge ofContinue reading “Bula Fiji- Day 12”

Monday April 26, good morning wind! With the code sail up we’re cruising 7knots in an 12.5knots of breeze. When the wind shifted we took her down, only to have the halyard break, again for the fourth time! The sail had been laying on the deck, and halyard attached just before raising. The halyard wasContinue reading “Bula Fiji- Day 11”

Sunday April 25, Overnight lying ahull, we drifted back about 7 miles East. Come morning we slowly regained our loss of miles. Blueberry pancakes for breakfast! Dan worked on water maker, he added epoxy to the cracked end fitting, hope this will be a temporary solution till we can find a replacement part. Drifting slowlyContinue reading “Bula Fiji- Day 10”

Saturday April 24, with less than 3 knots of wind, we dropped the sails and are just bobbing in place. Later the wind picked up to a screaming 4 knots and we rolled out the sails and started moving west again. We’ve heard there is a low trough that could form over Fiji in theContinue reading “Bula Fiji- Day 9”

Friday April 23, Distance to Fiji 989 nautical miles The day was spent adjusting and readjusting sail trim. With winds less than 8knots the entire day with rolling seas. We tried the spinnaker, it was a bit to choppy for it. Later we set the Main and Genoa on opposite tacks, or wing on wing,Continue reading “Bula Fiji- Day 8”

Thursday April 22, Distance to Fiji 1046 nautical miles Crazy wind day! The sky is gray with tiny patches of blue. Winds are light,shifty with quick rain squalls. We’ve jibbed at least 5 times, had an over 100 degree wind shift. We are sitting above a high pressure system that’s moving away. Good news! OurContinue reading “Bula Fiji- Day 7”