Galapagos to Marquesas

Sea Topaz
Duncan Briggs
Mon 13 Apr 2009 17:13
10.00.76 S 110.07.66 W
 
We have been sailing in gentle winds and seas again for a few days now. The fishing rods have been over the stern and we have caught another small Mahi-mahi and a small tuna. The mahi-mahi became a very nice kilaw (raw fish dish) and the tuna is still in the freezer, will be supper tonight.
 
For those of you who have not met him yet I would like to introduce "Humphrey" our third crew member. He does almost all the steering for us and does a great job. And he does not need feeding.
 
We had a large pod of dolphins swimming with us the other day, but no whales yet.
Tomorrow we will be half way. So, still a long way to go, but we are keeping ourselves amused.
                          
 
    Duncan trying to identify the dolphins                    "Humphrey" the Hydrovane (self steering wind vane)                 Not bad 8.5 kts of speed with 11.5 kts of wind