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Pacific Odyssey - Leg 6
Osaka to Honolulu - for more information see http://www.salts.ca/010_SALTS_odyssey.htm
tracking Pacific Grace: 43 recorded positions
tracking Pacific Grace: 43 recorded positions
| Last Position: 21°18'29.88 N 157°51'54.00 W on May 2nd 2008 @ 22:30 |
Ship's Log:
It has been a very busy week; I can hardly get around to doing the log.
Today was the final day of the 3 workdays. Trainees and crew tackled more
jobs than we ever have during the workdays; the ship looks really good.
There are still several jobs needing completion i.e. gaffs oiled, sails
laced on, cabin houses painted, bosun materials stowed etc. and crew and
volunteer trainees will slowly finish them off during the next few days.
The weather has been very hot; there have been significant changes in skin
color, from pink to red to red-brown to brown to very freckled. Attitudes
were great during the 3 days; everyone has worked hard and it´s not always
easy when the sun is so hot; crew and trainees are looking forward to some
time off the ship to explore Honolulu again before either flying home or
continuing on to Victoria. Sara Ross´s dad arrived 2 nights ago; I haven´t
met him yet but Sara has been able to visit with him several times. Last
night Matt, Katie´s boyfriend, surprised her with a visit from Vancouver;
she was elated and very, very happy. Her final leg looks very different
from what it did 3 days ago; Matt is now her fiancé and they will have had
some days to re-connect without all the extra details of returning home.
This afternoon Leanne´s parents arrived, as did Jordan´s parents and
Caroline, their daughter, Jordan´s sister, and Antony´s girlfriend. Caley
from legs 4 and 5 arrived today from Japan and will sail home with us to
Victoria. Tomorrow Jose´s mom and his brother will arrive . . . a big
family gathering in many ways. We consider ourselves ´family´ on the ship
and so everyone takes an interest in ´extended´ family that comes to visit
any one of us. We love it. I myself have had a wonderful and busy week
with my girlfriend Kerry and her daughter Jocelyn, Arwen´s friend. The
Anderson boys have enjoyed boogie boarding on the closer beaches and being
thrown around in the wild surf of Waimea Bay on the north coast of Oahu; we
have done a lot of walking, about 3 hours a day, getting to the various
places we need to be; it´s been good. Thanks again to everyone for the
continuing mail; we love it. Thank you Corinne and Dave Eggert for your
parcel for the crew; it´s still unopened as we´ve been too busy and ´all
over the place´ to get everyone together. The boat is quiet, Steve is
playing the guitar on deck; the music sounds nice. Most everyone else is in
town in groups and we´ll see each other again in the morning at breakfast.
Until tomorrow, good-night, Bonice.(EL
Today was the final day of the 3 workdays. Trainees and crew tackled more
jobs than we ever have during the workdays; the ship looks really good.
There are still several jobs needing completion i.e. gaffs oiled, sails
laced on, cabin houses painted, bosun materials stowed etc. and crew and
volunteer trainees will slowly finish them off during the next few days.
The weather has been very hot; there have been significant changes in skin
color, from pink to red to red-brown to brown to very freckled. Attitudes
were great during the 3 days; everyone has worked hard and it´s not always
easy when the sun is so hot; crew and trainees are looking forward to some
time off the ship to explore Honolulu again before either flying home or
continuing on to Victoria. Sara Ross´s dad arrived 2 nights ago; I haven´t
met him yet but Sara has been able to visit with him several times. Last
night Matt, Katie´s boyfriend, surprised her with a visit from Vancouver;
she was elated and very, very happy. Her final leg looks very different
from what it did 3 days ago; Matt is now her fiancé and they will have had
some days to re-connect without all the extra details of returning home.
This afternoon Leanne´s parents arrived, as did Jordan´s parents and
Caroline, their daughter, Jordan´s sister, and Antony´s girlfriend. Caley
from legs 4 and 5 arrived today from Japan and will sail home with us to
Victoria. Tomorrow Jose´s mom and his brother will arrive . . . a big
family gathering in many ways. We consider ourselves ´family´ on the ship
and so everyone takes an interest in ´extended´ family that comes to visit
any one of us. We love it. I myself have had a wonderful and busy week
with my girlfriend Kerry and her daughter Jocelyn, Arwen´s friend. The
Anderson boys have enjoyed boogie boarding on the closer beaches and being
thrown around in the wild surf of Waimea Bay on the north coast of Oahu; we
have done a lot of walking, about 3 hours a day, getting to the various
places we need to be; it´s been good. Thanks again to everyone for the
continuing mail; we love it. Thank you Corinne and Dave Eggert for your
parcel for the crew; it´s still unopened as we´ve been too busy and ´all
over the place´ to get everyone together. The boat is quiet, Steve is
playing the guitar on deck; the music sounds nice. Most everyone else is in
town in groups and we´ll see each other again in the morning at breakfast.
Until tomorrow, good-night, Bonice.(EL
Observations:
a mixture of sun and clouds, some light rain, very hot
Readings:
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