Destination Count Down

We only have 300 miles left!! Woo Hoo! We are all starting to plan like little kids what we are going to do once we get off of the boat on to solid ground. The last two days have been pretty sloppy seas and we've all been ping ponging off of the walls in the passageways and doing fancy dance steps to keep up right in the open spaces. Cooking requires octopus arms as everything has to be held on to so it doesn't slide across the counter tops on to the floor. Yes this includes cooking pots - and yes that built in pot holder that I said I didn't need would be very handy right now. Who Knew?? The winds have been 15 to 20 knots. Our Airmar weather station thinks the winds are 7 knots, but the flag is right sideways, so we are assuming the Airmar is mistaken. With the winds so high and the seas so big, we can't keep the doors open to the cabin as we fill the interior of the boat with salt spray - too much fun to clean up. So the doors are closed and the air con is on until we get landed. This decision was aided by the fact that we calculate we will have an abundance of fuel on our arrival so can spare the extra needed to run the generator 24 hr/day. We are expecting to arrive in Hiva Oa on the morning of April 17 and if that is the case, then the trip will have taken us 16 days as initially planned. Our position is 6 15.220 S and 134 59.721 W, we are slogging along at 7.6 knots, the sun is shinning - it's 29.7 degrees. Time for me to head out for my umbrella drink holding practice (I'll use a beer as my prop) and my "total relaxation pose" workout.

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