update from Orca three

Well shock of all shock its raining here out in the middle of the ocean!! good for a wash down on the boat and get the salt off. We are also busy collecting water for drinking cause our watermaker is still making not so good tasting water. Hoping the vinegar with help clear that up. looking for any ideas on what to do..... Ron Tremblay has been great at relaying info from the village marine watermaker people, thanks Ron.

today is a good day...... we have had some not so good ones, but thanks to tomato therapy.... what's tomato therapy you ask, well the other day I had had enough rocking and rolling and everything flying around especially while making lunch and sea water coming through my center hatch soaking my table and part of my forward bed and then my dishwater dumping all over the counter and into my fridge after a wave dumped us on the port, that I lost it and pounded the heck out of the nice cut up tomatoes
and orange rings with my fist. seeds and juice everywhere, even orange juice squirted in my eye.... Maya was helping me and she left to carry what was left of the lunch up stairs trying not to laugh, cause her mom had flipped ...... but it sure felt goood and we all laughed , then changed course and the boat settled a bit, until the next day.....
Life is a challenge out here most days with the movement of the boat, the wind gusting and then dying , we finally took down the main as it kept driving the boat upwind, trying to get enough sleep. those dam night watches are not so easy. and then losing VHF contact with our buddies. we now just do the ham, I am still the net controller for the evening and it has been great talking to all the boats.. boy there are a lot with kids, about 3 more than I knew of.
Steve has had to rebuild the water pump for the fresh water, twice the stupid thing, still waiting for calmer seas so he can change the inverter and add the alternator to the generator, currently it can't keep our batteries charged so we have had to run the main engine for 1-1/12 hrs in the morning, which of course makes the pilot house rather warm, but we are making it. never seems to be nothing to do around here. have been catching lots of fish .. skipjack tuna but we have enough of those so
we have been releasing them.
Poor Emma has been getting sick for the last couple of mornings, it has been so rocky and rolly!! I wonder if we will fall on our race when we finally get to land? hmmmmm .... anyway,we all have enough bruises to keep the arnica people in business, thank god I brought a ton of it!! hahaha

Well Kyle, Maya and Emma say hi to all their friends and will email so as we get to port. off I go to bake some peanut butter cookies with Emma.
You all enjoy that flat land now you hear!!

Orca III position as of 2209 utc is 05*40.94' N 129*57.18' W cog 228*T boat speed 5.4 knots have fun plotting us. for those who don't know you can go to winlink.org and type in VA7ORC and you will see us there with a lot of other boats.