199 miles to go
Kahia
Paul and Catherine Davis
Sat 14 Apr 2012 22:33
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1:07.31N 86:54.87W
This was our position at our 14.00 Panama
time.
Now, as I am writing, we are 58 miles away from the
Equator and are thinking about our special meeting and celebration
with Neptune... unfortunately Paul has been struggling with a cold/flu for the
last 3 days and we hope he will be feeling better by then.
Yesterday after supper we had a passenger for the night.
A red footed booby (Sula sula) sat all night on the seat behind the
wheel. What a pretty sea bird with its blue beak and red feet. They
represent 5% of the population in the Galapagos and are the smallest of the
boobies. A photo will follow soon!
Booby made our night watches very enjoyable
and then flew away this morning about 08.30, circling Kahia several
times before disappearing over the horizon.
It was a calm night again, we had to motor for 10 hours
but were lucky to catch a light breeze and are sailing again since 11
am.
This afternoon we are sailing under the Cruising Chute
alone. (Thinking of you Russell; it is a very, very useful sail for those
light winds and flat seas!!)
We are doing 3 to 4 knots SOG and are very
happy.
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