Day 2 Pamama to Galapogus
Zepher
Chris & Lyn Darch
Tue 6 May 2008 12:30
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04:45.18N
80:41.73W
Day 2 Panama to Galapagos
06/05/08
Hi Folks,
Progress has been good considering we have light
winds between 5 and 10 knots from the north , we have changed our sail config to
our light airs Genicker plus our for sail ( Yankee ) both poled out , we have
the advantage of having current flow with us so are still averaging about 5
knots through the water and over ground ( SOG) for the nautical ones amongst you
.
Yesterday was filled with lots of marine wild
life , jumping manta rays , turtles swimming aimlessly or so it seems about ,
one or two had passengers sitting on there shells in the shape of seagulls ,
cheeky little things but hay any piece of flotsam is an island out here
.
The new auto pilot was checked out yesterday
down in the lazerete , nice place to be in this heat with the gen set running ,
but all looks well on that front ...
The fishing team have been at it again ,
still no fish caught under sail yet , Lyn caught her biggest fish yet when we
were at anchor , and it now resides in the deep freeze .!
In the veg locker things seem to be ok , I looked
down there yesterday , pulled out a sack of oranges and juiced them , it only
produced 3.5 litres of orange juice but with our luck they would have started to
go off soon in this heat so its best to pot them before then .
The crew are fine a little disappointed with
the fishing , apart from when they caught each other , Lyn and Rob were jumping
about the deck calling for the humane killer to be bought to deck , it looked
like a fine catch until it broke surface and it was discovered the there
two lines were tangled !
The expectant fisherpersons
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