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Jessica Watson: Riding the southeast trades - gray skies as Ella's Pink Lady nears Samoa
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Illustration by Greg Murphy, Courtesy of Google Earth
Ella's Pink Lady has been ticking off the miles in the last few days under southeasterly trade winds of 20-25K. With the gray skies and abundance of water over the deck topsides, Jessica Watson has busied herself inside the cabin - curled up with a book.
Here blog entry from Saturday notes that being closed up to prevent water entry into the cabin has started to make it a bit stuffy: "The temperature is just starting to get a little warm in the cabin, but with so much water over the deck, having the hatches open is completely out of the question. But I'm sure this is nothing compared to how warm it will get over the over the next few weeks!"
She has reported crossing the Tonga trench - portions of which are among the deepest areas of the Pacific at over 35,000 feet deep.
Based upon progress from last reported position and her note of this, the indicated position would show her to be at the northern edge of the trench. It is assumed that she will past west of Samoa before turning northeasterly to her intended crossing point at the Equator.
It is estimated that Jessica and her S&S 34 - Ella's Pink Lady - have travelled about 2,400 nautical miles since her departure from Sydney, Australia nearly three weeks ago. This is about 10% of the distance she will travel on her 8 month circumnaviagation.
Based on past progress, she should cross the equator in about nine days
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