The Trade Winds and Two Visitors
Day 154/32
Noon Position: 18 02S 156 32W
Course/Speed: NNE6+
Wind: ESE14-18
Bar: 1016, falling
Sea: E5
Sky: Tropical Cumulus; 30% of sky
Cabin Temperature: 84
Water Temperature: 83 (wow. warm)
Sail: #2 full and Main with one reef; close reaching on starboard
Noon-to-Noon Miles Made Good: 138
Miles this leg: 3,828
Avg. Miles this leg: 120
Miles since departure: 21,782
Late in the night wind filled in from the east and by midnight I had a reef in the main. This has happened before; I wasn’t convinced, but each time I rose, I found that the wind held. By ...
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