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Date: 03 Mar 2010 22:55:07
Title: Galapagos - Marquesas - Day 13
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09:38S 130:08W

Time                    18.00UT 03/03/2010

Passage time            13 days 4 hours

Distance to destination 2950nm

Distance travelled      2490nm

Distance to run         505nm

Course                  265degrees

Speed over Ground       5.5knots

Wind speed              8 to 10knots     

Wind Direction          ENE

 

Light winds continue to slow our progress and are forecasted to stay that we for the next 48 hours at least.

We have tried various sail configurations to get the best of the what little wind there is a and found that flying the cruising chute to leeward and poling the yankee out to windward works best giving us 6 knots boat speed in 10 knots of breeze.

It would be more but the swell rolls the wind and power out of the sails. Still we are making progress and there is a little more wildlife with another visit from the dolphins and more birds fishing in large flocks. The nights sky is amazing in the 3 hours before the moon rises and the milky way and other galaxies can be clearly seen.

 

 

 

 



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