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Monday, October 26, 2009
The comfortable routine I had been getting very used to fell apart today with the wind picking up to 25 knots. A short building sea has been making life, I wouldn't say uncomfortable, but certainly different to some of the quiet days we've had. It's nice to be guaranteed some good progress and even with two reefs in the main sail Ella's Pink Lady has almost been surfing
along in the swell at up to 8.5 knots.
This afternoon I was feeling a little down, so to cheer myself up I made a few phone calls, turned the music up, gave my hair and teeth a good brush, all the things that would normally make me feel on top of the world before realizing that I'd forgotten to feed myself! A good helping of tinned potatoes, fried into chips later and I'm back to my normal cheerful self.
No colorful sunset tonight with the over cast skies but it's a little too wet to be sitting around on deck enjoying it anyway.
Sorry but thats all for today,
Jesse
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Comments
this is his very first experience at blogging and watching you tube.... John just realised your already back lol..... anyway great story..... John Bev and Rose
Tomas from Sweden
My Camino de Santiago (750 kilometer walk across the top of Spain) earlier this year seems like a piece of cake to what you are doing.
I am sooo into your adventure and even though I can't sail I would love the experience of being out there by myself for that length of time if I could. Enjoy the experience as you are one lucky girl. Ros x
You are doing a great job! Just a question on your route..why do you have to sail towards the equator then down around South America? Why not maintaining a straight line on the same latitude?
Cheers
Roberto
See you are really moving now have you come across any more dolphins also i said a pray for you last night now let God look after you out there
You are one brave girl
from Barry the bear
I left a long comment yesterday -- it's somewhere between 350 and 400 on this list, I'd say -- which included 6 questions, in case you run low on things to write about in 6 months or so. I thought of another one later, so I'll add it to the list (in case your support team, who are actually reading all this, are keeping a list).
(7) (Continuing numbers from the comment before) What do you do about time, about the settings on your clocks onboard? In Jules Verne's novel Around The World In Eighty Days, the hero wins his wager because, without realizing it, he had picked up a full day by traveling west to east, and had arrived home a day earlier than his meticulous records indicated. (This requires us to believe that he crossed the US and arrived in Britain without ever looking at a newspaper or calendar or otherwise becoming aware of what day it was, but that's fiction for you.) You'll be doing the same thing he did, picking up a day because you pass through all the time zones. But how do you handle that? Will you reset your onboard clocks 24 times during the voyage? Do the clocks somehow sense when they cross a time zone line and reset themselves? You can't use GMT like the space station because you need to be aware of local sunrise and sunset. So what do you do?
I'm glad to hear you made it through the first heavy weather successfully and are making good progress (per your next entry after this one).
Michael from Texas, USA
Have a great time..enjoy the peace and quite and take joy in seeing the seeing the flying fish, squid and other critters... it will go by too quickly...
What a fantastic opportunity you have! I have been following you from Cleveland, TN, USA. Will you have any broadcasts of your adventures in the states? Keep up the great work. Our thoughts are with you.
wlittlej@aol.com
I'm enjoying reading about your journey!
Thank you,
Eric, Atlanta, GA, US
Just over a week into your trip, and I am hooked. I read your blog everyday, and also read with great interest the article on your boat preparation in Trade A Boat. As you rise and fall with every wave, enjoy them for all of us who would love to be there with you.
we are in class, we are researching you. its kind of like our class is stalking you.. but i imagine lots of people are, IN A GOOD WAY!
good luck with your trip,
love wanny and weffy
p.s. we tried to follow you but we only got to great keppel island. then we lost sight.xoxo
Keep up the video diaries! They're really cool. How's the chick with attitude??
All the best!
5/6S Old Orchard Primary School
just wanted to let you know that we worry about you when we don't hear from you.
i'm know you're incredibly busy out there.
i hope you're safe and doing well.
andrew.
I look forward to your blogs and Im happy to hear you are well and that the weather has been kind to you. Loved the squid description, I could picture it and you cleaning them up!
Always remember that there are so many of us here thinking of you and sending love and good wishes.
Stay safe our Buderim girl!
Love
Buderim Mum
Maybe if you get hungry you can eat some of those squid!!
5/6W
Aloha,
bj caldwell
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