We passed the latitude of San Diego in the night and will pass that of LA in a few hours. We have entered the zone of the northern subtropical divergence, or "horse latitudes", so called because horses would die of thirst when ships carrying them became becalmed in this region. The high pressure area is currently to the northeast of us and we still have wind. Not quite as much as we had a few days ago, but adequate to move us along. Our goal is to reach the westerlies which flow north of the high. At present, based on weather data (GFS gribs) that I download daily with my radio equipment via Sailmail, we will have to go to 42 degrees to get north of the high. At our current rate, that will take four or five days. If conditions look right, we may start angling to the east a bit before that.
Jean and Jon cooked a Spanish omelette last night, with eggs, potatoes, tomatoes, onions, peppers and olives. We are eating well!
At UTC 2200, July 18, 2012, we are at 33 23.861 N, 159 58.234 W. Our day's run was 110 miles.
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"She sent him a warm and gentle wind,
ReplyDeleteand Lord Odysseus was happy
as he set his sails to catch the breeze.
He sat beside the steering oar and used his skill to steer the raft."
- Homer
Jean's a great cook and I miss her cooking. She can make a meal out of nothing. I suppose Jon is a pretty good cook too, if she shared the kitchen with him. I'm not eating well...send that girl home! - Marty/Mom
ReplyDeletep.s. just kidding as I am happy she's sailing