Eighth day out -What a night!

Nothing to extraordinary really, but man what a night.

My shift from 9 pm to midnight saw us lose about half our wind. Instead of blowing a great 18 kts from behind, the wind decided to drop to 8-10 kts but stayed right behind us such that the apparent wind speed was so low it would not keep the sails full even with the pole out and the preventer on. Plus to top it all off, we were taking the swell almost beam on, but not enough where we could change our sailing angles so we just banged and clattered all night.

After my shift I couldn’t sleep because of the shake rattle and roll as I thought the rig was going to come down top of us (not really of course).  I read myself to exhaustion (which reading the Game of Thrones gives you ample opportunity to do). The wind would pick up at times during the night and we probably average about 5 kts SOG through the night which is respectable considering the lousy start.

I made “fancy” quesadillas for lunch today. I say fancy because they included fried onions and peppers and I even cut up an avacado! Everyone said they were good but I’m pretty sure there were being nice considering the night before I made stir fry and my secret ingredient was…. Soy Sauce.

Maybe this passage making with make a chef out of me yet!

Position update at 1200 local time March 31, 2016:
17 52.090 N
122 49.725W
144 nautical mile noon to noon run
2003 nautical miles to destination
6.6 Kt. SOG
268 COG