We have arrved 21 days, 19 hours!!

Dear all,

Just to let you know Ocean Lady sailed into the port of Atuona, on Hiva-Oa
early this morning.

speak soon,

love Ocean Lady

P.S. it is paradise

Still going....

Dear all,
We are still going, slow and steady pace. The wind has gone light over the
past couple of days, but we should be there on Friday/Saturday.
Today is the last day of fresh meat from the freezer, so we are onto tinned
food and any fish we can catch. We are also about to finish off the last of
the vegetables, except for onions, potatoes and cabbage :-(

Reports from friends that have arrived is that its busy and fuel is being
rationed out at 5 gallons a time only!!!

Our noon position was: 09 25S, 133 49W just 305 miles left to go.

Hope everybody is well,
Love Ocean Lady

Still going!!

Dear all,

Progress over the last couple of days has been fairly good, 145 nm
yesterday. Life onboard is comfortable but everyone is ready to arrive
now!!!

Yesterdays noon position: 09 06S, 129 09W
Today's noon position: 09 17S, 131 46W

Just 380 miles to go!!

Hope everyone at home is well,

Love Ocean Lady

Shower Day!

Dear all,

This is Margaret here, thought I would share my shower experience with you,
as you all use your lovely bathrooms!
think of us at sea.

I wish I could shower in a room that doesn't move,
And I get the hump, going to the toilet,
having to Pump, Pump, Pump!

They suggest I go alfresco,
so I said, I'll give it a go,
For a while it was quite nice, washing in the sun,
I quite liked it, it was fun.

But it didn't last long and little did I know,
How dangerous soap can be,
And your stuff doesn't stay where you put it,
When a wave comes out of the Sea.

I started with my hair and little did I know,
How far all that soap suds would run and go,
it dribbled down by back and on by bum too!
That's when I got in trouble, sliding To and Fro.

As the boat rocked, the faster I did slide,
all that soap on my Bare Raw Hyde.

Holding on to the guard rail was a good idea,
as I might of slipped Over Board, I fear,
I landed on the floor in a soap sud heap,
All I wanted was a shower!
Trying not to weep.

Oh! I wish I had a grippy mat, under my backside,
so I didn't Slip and Slide.

Oh!!!! I wish I could shower in a room that didn't move!

Ps. All this happened whilst Stu & Laura were off watch in bed, Thank
goodness.

Our noon position was: 08 55S, 126 54W

Hope all is well on dry land only another 658 miles to go to Hiva Oa, Lv
Margaret and all aboard Ocean Lady
Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.

Slow Progress!

Dear all,

The past 24 hours we have made slow progress. The number of days before we
arrive has been going up rather than counting down :-(

On the plus side we only had a couple of rain showers last night and they
generally occurred on Alan and Margaret's watches! On the down side, we are
eating our last fresh peppers and cabbage tonight before opening the tinned
veg!

Our noon position today was: 08 38S, 124 57W with just 780 miles to go!!
Yippee!

Love Ocean Lady

Thank you for the nice weather, now please send wind!

Dear all,

Following the rainy weather we are now drying out with clear blue skies. The
deck is so hot you can not stand on it! However, the down side is we now do
not have enough wind to sail at any reasonable speed without the sails
banging on the shrouds. But it means we can get some air down below into the
sauna and charge the batteries fully.

Our noon position today was: 08 27S, 122 46W with just over 900 miles to
go!! Yippee!

Love Ocean Lady

Please send good weather......

Dear all,

The weather has been horrible for the past 20 hours - not what we expected!!
Frequent rain, the most amazing lightening display, lots of wind, no wind,
thunder etc! if it was not for the high temperature I'd say we were in the
North Atlantic.

Yesterdays noon position was: 07 41S, 118 14W
Today's noon position was: 08 02S, 120 46W

Still only 1035nm left to go!

Hope everyone is well, Love Ocean Lady