Days 44 & 45 Half Way 12:08S 139:39W

Five Islands
John & Sue
Mon 2 Jul 2012 20:13
We have wind again after doing a jibe 48hrs ago to head SE again. We passed within 70nm of Fatu Hiva, the most southerly island of the Marquesas which would have been 24 days to cross the Pacific to these from the Galapagos. We have 3 days to go till we reach our waypoint in the Nth Tuamotu's. We are planning to have a brief stop at 'Ahe' Island then onto Fiji. We will reach the halfway point between Panama & Brisbane this afternoon (happy hour) so the bottle of bubbles is in the fridge. Sailing conditions have been idilic over the past couple of days with fairly constant 8-12 knot winds, calm seas and small swell. The weather has been warm and sunny with clear skies at night. We caught another Mahi Mahi late yesterday afternoon so fresh fish for dinner and another meal in the freezer. That is fish number 10 (3 mackerel & 7 Mahi Mahi). We are starting to see a few more birds but still no dolphins, just lots of flying fish. We have just about run out of fresh fruit & veg and are starting on the large stock of cans we have in the pantry. It will be interesting to see what we over & under stocked. I have to make note that the boys have finally beaten the girls at 'Sequence' 3 nights in a row and feel they have broken the longest losing streak in history. We will see…...

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