Day 12, 2nd July. 39-19N, 166-08E. Daily Run: 95 NM. Weather: 15-20 Knots wind, rain, cold. 3000ish NM to go
\nConditions deteriorated throughout yesterday, The wind strengthened up to 25-30 Knots, the sea built to good 4 metres with waves coming from several directions. The boat was being thrown around a lot, but worst of all the main big waves were on the beam, coming from the NW. This caused the boat to roll a lot, so much that it got quite worrying and I changed course to head East so the big waves were on our port quarter. This reduced the rolling but added in the corkscrewing affect you get when the stern is lifted up and dumped back down somewhere else. We couldn\u2019t cook dinner, and a sandwich had to suffice, Kathy couldn\u2019t get her wine into a glass so had to swig from the bottle. This morning things aren\u2019t much better, the waves have dropped a bit and we have got more used to things, but sleeping through it all seems to be the best approach right now.
\nDamage Report: Well not a good night really, a spare halyard undid itself and went flying, I couldn\u2019t reach it, and as it had a stopper knot in the end, I hauled it up the mast where it will remain as a spare shroud, until it\u2019s calmer and I can climb the mast to retrieve it. It\u2019s used to get the dinghy on and off, so no big deal. More worrying was the solar panels, two of the three bolts on the port side of the port panel got fed up with the waves and departed. I just caught the panels as they tried to follow, and they are now held in place by a few lengths of rope. Not a big deal now, they are still working fine, in fact pumping 30A into the battery as I type, thankfully the sun is popping out once in a while. A more worrying matter was the screaming noise that came from the V berth earlier today, it woke me up, and I rushed up to the cockpit to see what was going on, I assumed a torn sail or some calamity at the bow, but all looked fine, jumping into the v berth it was clear the noise was internal, so the only thing I could think of was the bow thruster, I pushed the cut out switch to OFF, where it should have been anyway, and the noise stopped. I have no idea what is going on, but again it can wait until it calms.
\nLater this morning I did a full tour of the deck, re-secured a diesel can, tidied up the dumped mainsail, checked everything I could see and noticed a fair bit of bird shit on the coach roof. At least someones getting the benefit of us being out here. We saw our first albatross yesterday, I wasn\u2019t sure until it spread it\u2019s wings, which were massive.
\nIt\u2019s too rough to spend any time in the cockpit, the cap rails are constantly being dipped underwater and waves splash over all the time, so we haven\u2019t done a lot of whale watching yet!
\nAgain the forecasts for the next few hours tell me what I knew already, but further ahead than that, I only have a rough idea.
\n Paul Collister<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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