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
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