We have had nice weather today with clear blue skies, light winds but for the most part "sailable" and the seas have been mild. We are still moving in a NNE direction, just slower than we would like but it has been beautiful and we are enjoying the ride! Today Bob decided to continue working on the on-going issue with the prop shaft. We seal. We had some problems with it in the past and we discovered that routine maintenance seems to be sufficient, however, when we pull the boat again we will have to address this. Today our flag halyard dropped to the deck which was a surprise as Bob had recently replaced it. People had warned us about chafe and how it can damage items on the boat, but until you experience it, you are surprised at how quickly it can happen. Bob had put a new halyard up when we were in Antigua, but it chafed through in this short time. The last one lasted us 3 years.
Last night was a dark night until the moon decided to show itself around 2AM - when it came up on the horizon it was a small red dot and at first I thought it was a red navigation light of another boat until it came up more and shone beautifully on the water. Night watches are a very peaceful time (as long as the seas and winds are reasonable) and we had a great night for star gazing.
Day 8 total (as of 6AM this morning) was 110 nautical miles bringing our overall total to 964. We broke 1000 miles today! You might notice that we watch the mileage, but don't worry it is just a way of checking our progress - we are still enjoying each day as it comes.
Tonight is the last of our fresh lettuce on board so having a nice fresh salad with our chili. It is funny how you celebrate little things with food - this will be our special treat for breaking the 1,000 mile mark!
Our position as of 6:00PM (EST) is 28.36.056N, 53.06.942W
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At 6/13/2012 12:24 PM (utc) our position was 26°11.78'N 053°44.72'W
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