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American Spirit II - Day 9; Easting under Cuba; Sunday, January 12, 2014



Great sun rise at around 7:15 AM. A large yellow/orange orb rising out of the sea on the starboard (right) bow. No matter how many sun rises you see, you never tire of the effect it has on you due to its beauty and the fact that it signals that the night watches are now over.

The 'big' job today was to figure out how many gallons of diesel we were burning while motor sailing. This is accomplished by filling the main fuel tank with diesel from extra, spare jerry jugs stored on deck. The answer was about what we expected; .579 gallons per hour. With that consumption, we can motor, if we had to, almost 900 miles - about the distance from Panama to the Galapagos.

Brian Fox

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