Location 36° 02S, 120° 05W
Sunday 10.28.2007

The Schooner Maggie B was at 36° 02S, 120° 05W at noon on October 28th. We are back under all plain sail, slipping along at 5.0 knots in 8.0 knots of wind on our beam. We have a series of complex mid-level overcast clouds with occasional light rain. The barometer is just barely beginning to fall from a high of 1020 millibars. The waves are relatively flat with just a long period SW swell to give definition to the wide waters.

We have come 2751 NM from Rangiroa and have 2179 to go to Puerto Montt.

Today was “Clean the Boat” day and Robert showed off his Beginner’s Luck by pulling “Head and Shower” out of the hat. We also started securing for a blow, putting on our extra baffles to help secure the ventilation system, installing the heavy windows on the aft side of the pilot house and tightening up all deck equipment’s lashings, especially Reep’s. We practiced setting “Kathy,” our storm main staysail between the main and the fore masts.

We are beginning to see albatross and petrels. My favorite, the Pintado Petrel, showed up yesterday. We haven’t been able to ID the albatrosses because as soon as they see Robert’s camera with the 300 mm lens, they take off for Antarctica.

All is well.