Becalmed no more?
After two days of no wind, we seem to have finally picked up a 6kt Northerly wind. Not perfect because that's the direction we want to go, but at least we are on the move again at 3 ->4 knots. We expect the wind to swing further, thereby improving our course.
We did 42NM yesterday, of which 8NM was from motoring.
It continues to be very peaceful with little swell and flat seas. Apart from some flying fish visitors, nothing much is going on. We are all getting through plenty of reading and listening to a wide range of music on the cockpit speakers.
Yesterday Fr. Paul said Mass in the cockpit. It was an excellent celebration. We must confess that we did ask the good Lord for just a tiny bit more wind! That's probably what we have now and very acceptable it is too. We are gliding comfortably through the water, with Mozart playing softly in the background.
I forgot to mention that everything is working well with the exception of the Satellite phone that we are supposed to be trialling. I spent a day installing this while we were at Lord Howe. We could only get dial tone about 15secs every couple of minutes. Likewise with the Internet access. Tough to have a 15sec conversation or Internet session! We have tried it out to sea and away from the Lord Howe hills and mountains. Same result. Ah well, we had not expected the luxury of a Sat phone and now it looks like our expectations will be fulfilled unless the supplier can think of something. We think we are too far from the main coverage paths of the satellites.
Hopefully tomorrow we will report more miles. We have finally reached 325NM from Lord Howe with 599NM to Vanuatu.
Regards, Dave
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