Nothing But Blue Skies Do I See ~ Day 6 to the Marquesas
Balvenie
Mark Farrell & Amanda Church
Mon 27 Jul 2015 23:04
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Position 02 58S 103 34W at
1730UTC, 1130 Boat Time (Galapagos Local) 0530 NZ Time
Course Over Ground 260dT, Speed Over Ground
6 knots, 24 hour run 150 miles, a little slower but with less wind
about 12-14knots from SSE, on the beam, Double reefed main, full jib, two
sail reaching. Swell about 2-2.5 metres, still a little lumpy but I
guess thats ocean sailing and with lighter wind we are sailing with it on
the beam to keep moving. Could take the reefs out of the main but happy
with this and Balvenie is comfortable jogging along. Mezzaluna around 30
miles behind us now.
Another cloudy night but with enough breaks
for reasonable light to come through. Cloud cleared mid morning and a
stunner of a day now, not a cloud to be seen and warming up
even more. All the bananas have ripened already together, so
much for them being 10 - 20 days, its going to be banana everything for the
foreseeable future. Fired up the espresso machine this morning and whipped
up two double strength lattes, not the easiest maneuover ever but first we have
had and boy did they taste good, sometimes it's just the simple things.a little
However never of us have managed an afternoon nap, maybe should do decaf
next time!
Those little stormpetrals Romeo and Juliet
just aren't giving up, unless of course it's different ones we see each
day. Ruby the Red footed Booby swings by occassionally, the only other
visitors were 4 dried out flying fish on the deck this morning. Fishing
line out today but no fish yet. We have ticked over past the quarter way mark,
tick tick tick!!
Thats all for today,
You can see our progress on a map on our
mailasail blog. Current position at 2245 UTC 03 08.12S 104
03.90W |