We have been motoring for three full days now. This is due primarily to a lack of wind (although initially it was because the wind was on our nose). At one time on last night’s watch the apparent wind speed (AWS) was *zero*. The arrow on the AWS dial was spinning slowly, looking for guidance.

We continue to follow our six-hour night watches. I read that another couple tried this and stopped after two nights. I like it and Michael told me that he likes anything that makes me happy. What a good husband. I trained him well. JK!

For those who know me, I am an early to bed and late to rise kind of a person. It likely surprises you – as it did me! – that I like the 2:00-8:00 a.m. shift. I get to see both sunsets and sunrises. I can count the number of times I typically see a sunrise in a year on one hand. 👍😀

This passage has been completely uneventful, for which we are grateful. It is a nice change from the 1,500 mile passage from the Seychelles to Oman, during which lots of stuff broke.

We have just over a quarter of a tank of diesel in the port engine tank. We have just been running the port engine on this passage thus far since it has fewer hours on it. For reasons we don’t recall, there is only 3/4 of a tank of fuel for the starboard engine. We thought we’d filled it. In any event, we have enough fuel to motor all the way to Djibouti if we have to . . . but we hope to sail at least a little bit. Since the engines charge the batteries we haven’t run the generator at all.

We are not fishing because the freezer is full and we want to empty it as much as possible so we can defrost it in Djibouti. You may recall that it doesn’t work well. There is so much ice build up on it that it looks like a scene from an ice storm. 🙄

TTFN!
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