Thursday, June 25, 2009

"halfway"




In just one mile, Coby will be at the halfway point to Hawaii. So by the time you read this, he will be past. When he called me at 11:11, he had gone 1339. Distance to Hawaii: 1340. 
However, that assumes that he will be able to sail in a straight line, which sail boats don't do much!

 6/25 @ 11:11 -- 33 43.7 N, 139 56.7 W

For the first time, the wind is with him. He has been in unusual winds, the ones that occur only 4 or 5 % of the time. Now he is enjoying the wind direction that he expected. 

He has caught up on tasks, rest. He has more energy. Snookum's motion is calmer. She is still rocking, but an easier motion. So he is starting to do some of the things he had planned. He just took a manual solar reading (old fashioned sextant, for determining your position and heading).

I don't have a picture of his sextant, so I am including image(s) of his compass. He can read it from inside the cabin or out in the cockpit.

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