Making good progress

Bamarandi
David & Donald
Sun 25 Oct 2015 15:40
It's the first day of our trip so an interim update seemed like a good idea.

The sea is flat calm and we have little wind - currently 4kt only - so not enough to sail. We are under way using one of our engines at a time as usual. Our new starboard engine and gearbox are behaving perfectly.

We've seen lots of tuna jumping out of the water but despite 2 lines out the back we have yet to catch anything.

We can still just see land - and some rain in the distance but we think we will pass it by.

We are on a heading of 220 degrees - we are hopefully adding our position onto the chart now with our posts plus we will try adding a picture - this time of the flat calm seas ahead.

We've just seen 2 whales close by blowing and rising out of the water followed by a large pod of small dolphins.

There are 3 other boats, 2 yachts and a cruise ship we can see in the very far distance otherwise we are alone.

Position
42.49.376N 006.23.034E