Isla Malpelo
L'Esprit de la Mer
Dr Chris Bates
Thu 28 Mar 2013 13:27
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04 01 75 N 81 23 41 W
A frustrating night.Lost any wind for 4 hours
around 11 ish .The sea still remained rolling in from astern.Decided to sleep
and took all sails off- too roly so sailedslowly on.Wind did come back from same
direction at 3am and still blowing but less than before.
Did eventually get 3 hours sleep.Woke through
intuition to find another boat ( only one I ´ve seen and last seen
3nm away ) waiting to cross my path.I was stand on
vessel.
Ate the last of the fresh meat last night;it wasery
good.Means I can turn the fridge down.
Now 12nm off the Columbian island of Malpelo.Can
justabout see it. Can also see very high mountains to the east possibly Andes
but at least 200miles away.
The imprtance of Malpelo is that fro here I shape a
course for the Equator 8270nm).The current will push me west and I have to be
careful not to get swept onto Galapogos.
The winds from here will get progressively lighter
as I enter the doldums.Untill I reach the south east Trades in approx500
miles.
The days run was 140nm.
chris
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