N 13° 47.060 E 151° 55.239 Just started my first watch and had my refreshing shower. Outside, the waning moon illuminates the sea with a swell of 3-4 m almost like a full moon. To this moon there are now 4 people on their way looking soon at areas of the moon never seen before.…

N 13° 03.063 E 152° 36.493 … in winds of 16-22 KN and a 3 m swell coming almost from a beam. At 1600 she made a 181 NM day distance, which includes also the slowing down to 4-5 KN when getting the mahi-mahi on board. Sails are the genoa still full and the main…

N 12° 37.130 E 153° 08.316 … and pan fried mahi-mahi later today! At 0930 the “rrrrrrrr” of the fishing rod reel triggered first Tobi – his special ears suck in this sound at double sound speed – and second me – this sounds reaches my ears at only normal speed of sound. Tobi caught…

N 12° 10.19 E 153° 42.30 During yesterday’s afternoon we had first a decrease in windspeed down to around 10 KN for short time, then the wind came back to the 14-17 KN range. Now, Saturday morning about 0530 we have winds around 19 KN and MaRe enjoys flying with peak STW of 10 KN…

N 08° 30.198 E 156° 44.465 Since we got out again in the wide Pacific Ocean, we made good progress towards our destination Chichi-Jima. Careful estimations indicate a day distance of 150 NM. It may also become a bit more. Wind forecast for the next days looks good on one side, but a bit heavy…

N 07° 21.072 E 157° 51.062 At 1730 we casted off the lines from MV Lady Pohnpei, at the customs dock. Outbound clearance were done, the paddle wheel speed sensor was cleaned, so all was ready for casting off. BTW, the paddle wheel sensor never before had so many small creatures inside. I was surprised.…

I changed oil and filters at both engines and the oil in both saildrives. This took me longer than normal because it was so hot and I needed quite a few breaks. Sweat ran down my body as if I’m taking a shower. Tobi tackled drinking water and now we have 500 l in MaRe’s…

Yesterday we learned that there is a national holiday in Micronesia tomorrow. So no outbound clearance. It really seems the Micronesia loves us. Today I got a new freshwater jerry can because the lid of one of mine must have fallen over board. The new one got did not have the best lid. So, I…

We have today a cooler day because the clouds covered the sky already in the very early morning hours, when the air was still cool from the night. So the clouds kept the air cool. What a contrast to the last days which were very hot. When we had breakfast then suddenly the temperature went…

Last night there was a Party, first I didn’t know what the purpose was, but today I learned it was the farewell party for Walden & Rosa who had to return to Guam for a while. They belong to the local fishing club where we know a lot of members in the meantime. On Saturday…