Day 12

Howdy Kris- David here for a minute or so until my coffee is ready. We are presently at 06 degrees 10 minutes So.  and 119 degrees 07 minutes West. We have gone about 1712 miles and have about 1197 to go. For an average speed of 5.5 knts. The seas are a little less rolly today and the sky is clear and beautiful.  Poor Suzi's arms are not looking good these days from getting thrown from one side of the galley to the other. She has cuts and bruises on both arms and looks like she was in a knife fight and lost. But her face is as beautiful as ever so maybe she won that fight after all. I'll let her take over from here and I'll go spell her at the helm as we are giving the auto helm a breather; these bumpy seas make it work over time. Give my love to all the clansmen and you take care. Thanks for doing the updates with the google map and all; it's so cool people can follow us across. 

Ah! A magical clear day, warm sunshine, intense blue water, steady warm wind, and somewhat following seas........that's just what both of us needed as we begin the 12th day of our amazing journey across the Pacific Ocean. Yesterday we were fit to be tied, trying to put our reefed main back up after dropping her the previous night from hell when we had 25+ strong winds and needed to rely a shortened headsail to lessen the load; this helped lighten the helm and slow us down but also led to uncontrollable rolling from side to side. Squalls were constant that night, but luckily yesterday's sunshine helped give us back some strength. Sloppy seas continued throughout the day but it felt much better to have the main back up with the full headsail.

Yesterday afternoon I lost it; after cooking beets and making the last fresh food salad for dinner, I opened the port for a moment to get some air and Sidewinder rolled; I was immediately hit full on by a wave of salt water and was thrown across the galley with the beets flying. Luckily the rest of the food was secured.  I yelled obscenities, David came to help me, and we both decided we wanted to be home, quiet, peaceful, sitting on the back deck with tequila, watching the sunset on Cinco de Mayo. Glad Fergie and Jo Jo are there to do it for us! Today is a much nicer day, and we are back into the spirit of the adventure. We love you all mucho!!!