fe61bf0b.pngAugust 19th 5:30am JST
Position:N26°56, E146°05
Boat speed:6kt
Heading:270°
Wind speed:5.6kt
Wind direction:120°
Sails:main and motor
Weather:clear

まゆこです。
昨日は南東5-7ktでトコトコ。どう考えても21日の早朝着かなと思っていたけ
ど、昨日の夜2ノット弱の追い潮の応援があり、どうやら明日の日没前という線
も出て来ました。ちなみに今はもう潮はありません。残航212マイル。
We sailed with 5-7kt SE wind yesterday. Although I thought we would
arrive at Ogasawara Island in the morning of 21st, it looks like we
might be able to arrive right before the sunset tomorrow as we had about
2kt current pushed us last night. We don't have it now though. 212nm
till we see Ogasawara!

昨日の夜ご飯は肉野菜炒め。これにてキャベツ終了。ということで残る生野菜は
お馴染みの顔ぶれ、じゃがいもと玉ねぎのみ。暑いので、シチューや煮物から気
持が遠のきますが、今日の夜はたぶんシチューです。
We had vegitable stirfry last night and it was the last meal with
cabbage. So now the only vegitables we have now are potatos and onions
as always. Since it is hot, I don't want to cook or eat stew and soup,
however I will cook stew with a lot of potatos and onions for supper today.

ハワイ近辺も暑かったですが、なんかここら辺は暑さの種類が違う。空気がねっ
とりと重いです。
It was hot when we left Hawaii, but the heat here is totally different.
The air is really sticky and heavy.

この太平洋周遊回航、何かと造水機にトラブルがありましたが、トランスパック
前に修理し、レースではしっかりと仕事をこなしたあと、このレグでまた不調。
センサーが壊れてしまったので海水の取り込みが自動で止まらなくなりまし
た。ってことでマニュアルで汲み取りスイッチオン・オフ。忘れっぽい性格なの
で、うっかり水を溢れさせること2回。タイマーかければいい話なんだけど、腕
時計電池なくなったし、あまりiPhoneをデッキ上に上げたくないので、もう最近
は造水機の前に陣取って見守ってます。それでもこないだ読書にふけってたら溢
れさせました。。。
Although we always had some troubles on our water maker in this
around-the-pacific delivery, it worked really fince and did his job
perfectly during the race after it was repaired before the race.
However, it got a problem again in this leg. The sensor which stops
collecting the seawater was broken. So I have to turn it on and off
manually. Since I am a short memory person, I had the water flow twice
as I forgot to stop the pump. I could use a timer, but my watch does not
work now and I don't want to bring my iPhone on the deck. So I decided
to stay in front of the water maker and watch intently how the pumping
goes. However, I had it overflow again when I was concentrating at
reading a book.....

ちなみに、顔をタオルで覆っているのは、いまさらですが日焼け防止のためです。
By the way, a towel which covers my face is to protec sunburn....I don't
know if it is too late or not...

Mayuko