3:49:62S 106:23:26W Day 6
The Adventures of Sunboy the Sailboat
Al Sparkes and Deb Swain
Sat 29 May 2010 13:59
Good morning from us and Goodevening to you. Just on 7.00am local time and happy to report all is well. Couple of records have been set in the last 24 hours, the most miles covered in 24 hours being 196 miles and 102 miles covered in the following 12 hours so we are very happy with our progress to date. We have broken to 2000 miles to go barrier, and have sailed 1027 miles in the last 6 days. The conditions this morning are a little overcast with a few showers around. The wind is about 15-18 knots from the E.S.E and we have an apparent wind angle of 120 degrees with moderate seas on our port quarter so all in all, pretty good conditions for passage making.
We had another good day yesterday, no equipment breakages or failures which is always a huge bonus, the weather is getting a bit warmer thank goodness as we have all been amazed at the fact we have been on or very near the equator and it has actually been quite cool, especially at night. I still take my sleeping bag upstairs for my night sleeps in the cockpit but that is being shed a bit earlier each morning. We had another beautiful moonlit night last night and there is no doubt that makes night sailing something incredibly special. Our days are still being spent doing our routine watches and when not on watch we tend to sit around and chat, maybe watch a DVD or read a book or listen to some music. The conditions are sill ok to cook the evening meal, courtesy of Chef Debsy and just being able to reach into our new freezer and take out fresh meat or chicken for the evening meal is just the best. Think we might have some Thai Chicken and rice tonight!! So about time for breakfast now so hope you are all well, thinking of you all and missing you.
Catch you tomorrow all being well x