Another starry night
Anastasia
Phil May and Andrea Twigg
Sat 17 Mar 2012 04:49
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10:15.7S 127:00.2W 2375 miles
covered
We were listening to the BBC world service last
night and they were talking about the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter, which is
dominating the night sky at the moment. Together they are so bright that
they create a silver glow on the surface of the sea, in the same way
that a full moon does.
The BBC was also talking about the transit of Venus
across the sun, which is apparently a very rare event that happens about once a
century. What they didn't mention, but Andrea found in
the Tahiti guide book, is that Captain Cook's first visit to Polynesia in
1769 was to observe the transit of Venus across the sun. Interesting
coincidence.
Currently sitting in 7 knots of wind, we are
proceeding towards the Marquesas at 3.6 knots. 700 miles to go, 192 hours,
8 days at this rate. We are hoping the wind picks up
soon.
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