No wind/Pas de vent

We wait for the wind

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On attend que le vent revienne

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Light Winds/Vent leger

Light winds, but still progressing.

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Pas beaucoup de vent, mais on avance.

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En route

We finally managed to be where we wanted, on the west side of the east most high pressure.
We had the kind of night we sail for, calm seas, steady wind, beam reaching... All good! And on the route.

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On est finallement parvenu a etre la ou on veut, sur la face ouest de l'anticyclone le plus a l'est.
On a eu le genre de nuit pour lesquelles on navigue, une mer calme, un vent stable, au travers... Impeccable! Et en plus, on est sur la route.

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Heading North/Faire du nord

Still light weather... we're trying to head North.
We're being cautious with the power, so don't be alarmed if no new post shows up from time to time...

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Toujours du petit temps, on essaye de faire du nord.
On est soigneux avec le l'electricite, alors pas de panique si aucun nouveau message ne se montre sur le blog...

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Becalmed/Empetole

Not much wind this day...

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Pas beaucoup de vent...

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Crossed the Tropic/Franchi le tropique

We've crossed the Tropic of Cancer again yesterday t 18:15 HST.
The wind is shifting right, as expected, and this is good for us.

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On a franchi a nouveau le Tropique du Cancer hier a 18:15 HST.
Le vent tourne a droite comme on s'y attendait, et c'est bien pour nous.

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On the road again/Sur la route encore

We left yesterday morning, we went around O'Ahu by the west side.
We had a good night.
We caught the west side of a high pressure, if we are lucky, we'll be able to make some good north.

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On est parti hier matin, on a fait le tour d'O'Ahu par l'ouest.
On a passe une bonne nuit.
On a chope la face ouest d'un anticyclone, si on a de la chance, on va pouvoir faire du nord dans de bonnes conditions.

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New staysail/nouvelle trinquette

We got the new staysail yesterday, brand new, we'll try to cast off today. We'll be heading for the US West Coast, we don't know where yet.

On a eu la nouvelle trinquette hier, toute belle, on va essayer de demarrer aujourd'hui. On se dirigera vers la cote ouest des US, on ne sait pas encore ou.

Stuck/Bloqués

We're still expecting the staysail, it is not there yet.
We'll be ready to leave as soon as we get it, the weather pattern is good for us.

On attend toujours la trinquette, elle n'est toujours pas la.
On sera pret a repartir des qu'on l'aura, la meteo est en conformite avec ce qu'on en attend.

Diesel

This morning, we discovered a diesel fuel leak... After investigating, it seems to be located UNDER the fuel tank... Too bad, it's not only a leak in a hose.
We'll replace the tank. The new one should arrive early next week.
That sounds like bad luck, but on the positive side, it did not happen at sea, and it did not happen in a remote place, like the ones we've visited recently. In short, it could have been worse.

Ce matin, on a decouvert une fuite de fuel... Apres investigation, ca a l'air de venir de DESSOUS le reservoir de fuel... C'est dommage que ce ne soit pas une simple fuite dans un tuyau. Il va falloir remplacer le reservoir. Le nouveau devrait arriver en debut de semaine prochaine.
On dirait que c'est pas de chance, mais pour rester positif, ca n'est pas arrive en mer, et ca n'est pas arrive dans un endroit isole, comme ceux qu'on a visite recemment. En bref, ca aurait pu etre pire.