we hit the wall
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Bandit
David Morgan and Brenda Webb
Wed 12 Mar 2014 17:19
02:52N 82:30W
We knew the
wind wouldn’t last and sure enough, around 9pm last night, it deserted us.
We still had current so tried to keep Bandit moving along but the winds from the
previous days had pushed up a swell and without much forward momentum we were
wallowing like a pig in mud. So, with much reluctance, it was out with the
steel spinnaker. Luckily the current was good so we only had to
motor at very low revs to keep our boat speed up.
This
morning there was still no wind – in fact the only wind in the area came from
Bruce on Australian cat Remi De blowing out the candles on his 50th birthday
cake. Net control Catherine on Southern Cross played DJ and managed a
cleverly cued “They Say It’s Your Birthday” from the Beatles at the star of the
net. Listening to the others on our morning net it seemed everyone was
frustrated by the wind disappearing and everyone motoring. Last night as
the wind was dying we were all adamant we wouldn’t start the engines, but when
the sails flog and the boat rolls things get pretty uncomfortable.
We update this blog and plot our position at midday and right now – still
absolutely no wind.
We’ve been
surprised at the lack of wildlife. There have only been a couple of birds
and nothing in the way of marine life – no whales, dolphins or sharks and,
so far today, definitely no tuna, wahoo or mahimahi taking our lure.
On and on
we trundle towards to
Galapagos. |