Coby called me for my birthday. We kept the call short, because his recharging system is extremely low. He kept his VHF (?) radio on for two days as he approached and crossed the shipping lanes from Asia -- evidently it is very power hungry. (I just got his power bill at the dock -- no recordable power use. Those LEDs are amazing!) He is pedaling to recharge the batteries. The sun is out, so he will put his flexible solar panel up, too (pictured)
At the moment the winds are very light. He gets rocked quite a bit when he sleeps, because the wind vane can't work with the scant wind to keep a good way on. He wants to save his fuel for when he really needs it for avoiding obstacles in such conditions.
He can afford some light wind -- he is one third of the way to Hawaii. He has had strong winds. Snookums traveled 170 miles in 30 hours. His top recorded speed was over 8 knots
Happy Birthday, Katja! and thanks for keeping us all posted! Love,Phoebe and Nathan
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday a day late,, Hope it was a gooooood one,, Thank you for keeping us up to date and encourged.. This is an epic that will go down in sailing history,, WoW!
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