June 15, 2007
Day 24- 94.3 miles to go
Crew Gaby:
I'm getting really anxious to get to land. Not only to explore but meet up with radio friends and see the beauty of the South Pacific. Dad is thinking about times of arrivals and so on… Mom is thinking about the fresh fruit and Anya, Sami, and I are thinking about the water to play in which should be warm, unlike the Galapagos. Mom made Moroccan pizzas which were wonderful. There are no more flying fish to watch, only small brown birds that skim in and out of the waves.
Crew Anya:
I guess we're almost there. It feels unreal; I'll believe it when I see it! I told John: drop the anchor and then drop me [overboard]. I would love to go for a swim. It's almost unbelievable that I will have spent 25 days on the ocean. When people will ask me: "What did you do the end of May, beginning of June 2007?" I will answer: "I was on the Pacific Ocean". "No, I mean where were during that Month?" "Yes", I will answer, "I crossed the Pacific Ocean!" Amazing… Who would have ever thought that I, the city girl from Holland, would be experiencing this?! Landfall on (at?) the Marquesas!! Life is wonderful, it really is.
Crew Sami:
92.6 miles to go! We haven't caught anything, and no flying fish. Mom made some Moroccan pizzas, which were new, but great. Dad says we will be in Fatu Hiva tomorrow. We are going around 5 knots. Not slow, but not fast. Well, we get there when we get there.
First Mate:
Time for me to go to sleep, 0430-Sat 6/16/07, when I wake we will have turned the corner in to yet another New World. Eminent futures.
Captain:
We have 15 miles (less than 3 hours) to our first waypoint, 25 miles (less than 5 hours) to the anchorage. It's odd to see distances in hours rather than days now. The passage is almost over; it's kind of hard to believe. I am already feeling the pre-arrival jitters. Is there enough power to start the engine? Will the jib come down smoothly on the spare halyard? Did anything get tangled at the masthead when the swivel shackle let go? The depth sounder is reading 400 feet, it's getting shallow; don't
get too close to shore! (We have been in thousands of feet of water for almost a month; any reading we get on the depth sounder will look like we are in shallow water!) What are the steps I need to take to jibe the Main, don't forget to release the preventer……….it goes on and on………….