Day 14 Hawaii to Japan

There’s actually nothing to report. We take turns cooking, we stand our watches, and the days slip by at a tremendous pace. Stop paying attention for a moment in the morning and it’s lunchtime already. Then fruit at 3 o’clock (that doesn’t always work out). Drinks at five, dinner at half past six. And at eight the watches start again.

The weather is still classic trade wind stuff: lots of sun, the odd cloud here and there during the day, sometimes maybe half overcast, and especially after dark the occasional rain squall. That’s when the wind varies quite a bit, and you can see it in the track. Warm (28-29°C) but perfectly bearable.

For the worriers among you: no, the storm near Japan isn’t bothering us. It’s still at least two weeks of sailing away, and by then it’ll be long gone. But we’re mainly keeping an eye on the next storm. That one might well force us to take quite a detour. But that’s also at least a week off. The distances out here are enormous: we’ve still got more than an entire Atlantic crossing to go. I suspect next time an Atlantic crossing will feel like a quick hop around the corner.

Oh yes, and the rice cooking: two of us (ahem) manage it just fine.