We pulled up our anchor Friday 24^th of April, 2009 at 11:32 am and headed for French Polynesia, Marquesas. As of midnight day-1 we were at position 1:44.05S 90:20.11W

The wind in the entire region around the Galapagos it pretty much non excitant as they lie in the ITCZ which stands for Inter Tropical Convergence Zone or Doldrums. All this means is that we set off with our tanks full of diesel and the motor running. The route I had planned will take us down to about 5 degrees south, 95 degrees west where I hope to pick up the trade winds, mind you this is about 400 miles away can you believe it. From here I will set my course almost due West for a further 2600 miles.

The wonderful thing about this long leg is that we will have at least 1 knot of current pushing us along for the entire journey.

We have stocked the boat with plenty of food, beer, wine and water so should be OK on that front. All we need to do now is fill up our freezer with Fish.

Day 274

Destination – Marquesas Passage Day 1

Traveling Direction – South South West

Average Speed – 4.8

Total distance – 67.5 Nautical Miles

Travel Time – 12h28’