Still Sailing After All These Days
Position as of 06:00 UTC 07°36'S, 135°07'W
We are still sailing. What else is here to say. We have been averaging 4 knots for the past 2 days and the winds look like that is what we will continue to average. We are sticking with Toketie, as they are still reporting us into Pacific Seafarers and hence our position is updated in Yotreps. David said to day on the radio that if we wanted to charge on ahead, don't worry just go. We decided not. We have come this far together, lets finish the long journey together as well. We cold be going faster with the drifter up but as Toketie does not have one, we take a comfortable pace. We will order a new antenna tuner as soon as we get somewhere with some internet coverage. Hopefuly we can arrange to get it sent to Nuku Hiva using Polynesian Yacht Services as the broker. We'll se how it all plays out. The boat has been under the control of out autopilot for the past couple of days as wehave had trouble getting the wind steering to handle the boat in these light winds. I played have it set up now and it seems to be managing pretty well. Hopefully we will be able to leave it as is. The autopilot we have was never designed to be used continuously for long periods and I really don't want to burn it out. On the other hand, it has performed really well and as long as I give it a bit of TLC at the next anchorage, all should be well.
We are still sailing. What else is here to say. We have been averaging 4 knots for the past 2 days and the winds look like that is what we will continue to average. We are sticking with Toketie, as they are still reporting us into Pacific Seafarers and hence our position is updated in Yotreps. David said to day on the radio that if we wanted to charge on ahead, don't worry just go. We decided not. We have come this far together, lets finish the long journey together as well. We cold be going faster with the drifter up but as Toketie does not have one, we take a comfortable pace. We will order a new antenna tuner as soon as we get somewhere with some internet coverage. Hopefuly we can arrange to get it sent to Nuku Hiva using Polynesian Yacht Services as the broker. We'll se how it all plays out. The boat has been under the control of out autopilot for the past couple of days as wehave had trouble getting the wind steering to handle the boat in these light winds. I played have it set up now and it seems to be managing pretty well. Hopefully we will be able to leave it as is. The autopilot we have was never designed to be used continuously for long periods and I really don't want to burn it out. On the other hand, it has performed really well and as long as I give it a bit of TLC at the next anchorage, all should be well.
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posted by Brian Ackles - S/V Cygnet at
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