Decreasing Miles and Bananas

The miles keep decreasing as do the number of bananas, albeit both quite slowly. And speaking of miles, we keep doing what we can to try to arrive in Penrhyn before Sunday. Work of any sort is frowned upon on Sundays, as well as departures, so we are sure Penrhyn residents would rather we do not arrive on Sunday either. At noon today we had 268 more miles to go so it will be close arriving before dark on Saturday. Our noon position was 4 degrees 30’S and 158 degrees 48’W. The wind has averaged about 25 knots today out of the east east-southeast and our course has averaged around 180 degrees, which is not quite the 171 degrees we need to make it to Penrhyn on this tack, but close. We had gusts today of up to 32 knots of wind, one time of which Sara got to experience by herself as she navigated through a squall and shortened sail while Wade was making coffee. All of the day we have been sailing just a staysail and reefed main. We think the wind is suppose to start decreasing a bit starting tomorrow and this is alright with us. Other than finishing off the dehydration of yesterday’s batch of bananas, which are still a little chewy but tasty, that is about all the news of the day.