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Location 18° 38S, 147° 12W
Wednesday, 10.17.2007
The Schooner Maggie B was at 18° 38S, 147° 12W at noon on October 17th. We are making 8.3 knots, headed on a rhumb line course for Puerto Montt. The wind is a nice 15 knot NE’erly and the seas, while somewhat confused, are settling down.
We are doing what the Maggie B does best, making good time on a broad reach on a long passage. We are all settling in to the Blue Water routine, though a little warily after all the former alarms. I’m still on the Midnight/0300, Noon/1500 watches; Hannah is on 0300/0600 and 1500/1800; Kath is on 0600/0900 and 1800/2100; and Robert on the 0900/noon and 2100/midnight.
We have come 938 NM since Rangiroa and have 3948 to go to Chile. We were able to go 174 NM in the last 24 hours, even with the halyard complications.
The next big challenge is updating all our iPods, so that we can enjoy podcast downloads from when we were in Tahiti, rip of some of Robert’s music, and generally update. Our onboard computers have about 5000 songs. Something for everyone! Listening to old favorites makes night watches pass easily and happily.
All is well.