wet storm on the way.

boat is at 4 14.471 N, 155 35.89o W (end of white line on globe picture)

IR image shows BIG wet storm coming.

Wind barbs chart from Univ of Hawaii shows moderate winds.

Email is still down annd not expected to be up unitl Tuesday.

Big (9-10foot) pounding waves last night.

Still beats working!

making the miles

146 nautical miles in 24 hrs

Back in the wind

yesssss!

Email on the boat is down.

So if you're expecting an email from the ocens.net account....

you'll have to wait until Tuesday of next week. Sorry..

Devon checks in...going rather slow

The winds have slowed and the boat is in the ITCZ (inter tropical convergence zone) this area is also known as "the doldrums". Earlier in the week the boat had NO wind for almost 24 hours.

To complicate matters, the sea was from 2 directions and rolled the boat from gunwale to gunwale all night. Kinda like sleeping on a bad roller coaster. To mke it even worse....the main motor and generator wouldn't fire due to clogged fuel lines (clogged inside the tanks).

Devon and Dustin rigged up the dive hookas air compressor, and blew air thru the line to clear it. But it took quite a while to bleed down both motors in the rocking seaway (8-10ft waves).

The wind has filled and they are continuing south toward Papeete. Only 1500 nautical miles to go!

Here are the last two emails from Devon and Dustin

sent Wed nite (Thursday 02:00 UTC)\

N 8 23.477 W 155 23.960 hd 210 wind S15 wave 10caught a 33lbs blue fin at sun set last night good dinner lots of jerky 2 big squalls today . Devon

and sent Thursday nite (Friday 02:00 UTC)

N 7 33.907 W 155 43.944 hd 160 wind 11 wave 6no error code on the gps it just shuts off yes it reads where we are at for about 2 min the off yes all other gps still workfuel filters Napa #2130 we are ok on racor filters

Devon

156 Nautical miles in 24 hrs!

Here is Devons email

N 15 43.126 W 156 21.703 Hd 175 wind 18 wave 5
2nd reef in mainsail, storm jib and partial headsail unfurled.
7-8-9s nonstop(kts). No fish today.

-Devon

Weather looks good for next 3 days.

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Specifically for "sailors and adventureres"
Cool animation

http://www.passageweather.com/