October 25, 2010
left to go on the direct route this evening: 496 000. Traveled: 629 miles.
some will be disappointed, it's me that keeps the pen today ... sunny day rather , After two days with overcast and sullen gray colors predominate. The sun breaks through the clouds shortly after our crossing of the meridian 180 degrees, about 7:45 this morning. We are poles apart, really. I managed to take the picture with 180 ° and zeros after that! I watched what was happening: the GPS longitude scale correctly, it started decreasing as the longitude, while this was a moment he did by increasing it. Good little computer in there. Most etonnnant, it was the electronic mapping. On my way electronic Tofua drawn between Whangarei and I saw suddenly, just when we touched the meridian 180 ° from the red line due east and take a turn world for me back then at 207, our way to New Zealand ... I had to redo a small lineup, all in east longitude, and things returned to normal. Today, we also crossed half the road, three days after our departure. Conditions are more pleasant, wind abeam portside 18/22 knots speed between 7 and 9 knots. Some maneuvers reefing, jettisoning a few hours after. Wind power a bit unstable, returning a little forward of the beam. Rather quiet day, with a bridge far less watering than the previous days. Temperatures. A lot of reading for everyone, for me, "The Shangaie" by Andre Le Gal, a story of sailors on the side San Francisco, at the beginning of last century, the tall ships of the Company Bordes. The marine was too sail dislike about the ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival).
A 491 000 Whangarei.
Olivier
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