Racing With Dummies! (Transpac Edition)
Day 12
By Mike

I woke up at 4:45 this morning and started to get up and take over. But I heard a movie playing and, not wanting to interrupt Bob�s viewing experience, went back to sleep. Same thing happened at 6:00. Eventually I got up anyway.

You know by now that sailing is pretty complicated with lots of decision-making. Today there were several times when we had to decide whether to turn 10 degrees and adjust the sails a little, or not. Usually we stayed the course. But there were a few times we turned some.

We finished our work with the sextant today. A few days ago we agreed that Bob would do the calculations if I did something else. Luckily, I forgot what I agreed to do. In any case Bob finished the calculations tonight. One of them was within 10 miles of our actual GPS position.

Daily Cuisine:
I baked some cinnamon rolls for breakfast. I started to bake another cake, but then I thought maybe we had been eating too much cake. So I made brownies instead. The variety should be healthier.

Lunch depleted the last of our hot dogs. Supper was fresh fish (see below) and French toast. I made 8 pieces of French toast and they turned out 6 different ways. We ate all of them. I will continue practicing tomorrow.

Fishing report:
I put a new lure on one of the poles today. And we got a fish on it!

Arts and Entertainment:
In the movie department, �This is the Army,� with Ronald Reagan was painfully long. It was interesting to see and hear some different perspectives from the 1940s. For example, you don�t hear the line �going to kill some Germans and Japs� in many songs these days.

Even then, it (WWII) was all for the sake of democracy. That was surprising to me. I suppose in Russia they were singing the same type songs (�kill some Germans ��), but all for the sake of socialism. Oops, did I get political? Sorry, I�m not a big fan of war.

In the reading department, �A Sea Vagabond�s World� by Moitessier, was compiled and published after he died. It still has a lot of interesting things, but it�s not as good as his other books.

In the piano department, now I am picking my favorite parts from various Beethoven sonatas to play. I enjoy playing the most when it starts getting crowded onboard. This normally causes Bob to opt for a nap below.