So Far Away ~ Day 13 to the Marquesas
Balvenie
Mark Farrell & Amanda Church
Mon 3 Aug 2015 22:33
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03 August 2015
~ Position 05 41S 122 10W at 1730 UTC, 1130 Boat Time (Still on Galapagos
Local) 0530 tomorrow NZ Time.
Course Over Ground 270dT, Speed Over Ground
7.1 knots, 24 hour run 166 miles. Not a bad 24 hours with the
weather, quite clear skies with about 30 % puffy clouds that just hold a little
more wind. Wind SE 18 - 22, swell running about 3 metres now, not
quite from behind and with a beam slap way more frequent than we would
like. Still flying double reefed main, jib poled to windward has been
furled in and out that many times on this trip, not quite a set and forget
passage, that is for sure.
Skipper is doing more work on Ray our
autopilot that has gone on strike, so hard to do much in these conditions,
everything rolls everywhere, meanwhile Arnie is doing a fine job of steering in
somewhat tiresome conditions.
The Galapagos are so far away now but we are
still operating on their timezone so it doesn't get dark till 8pm and then light
just before 8am, so we have extended our sleep rations and are having from 7pm
to 9am, thereby getting two 3 1/2 hour shifts each which is a little better plus
we have had no reason for sail adjustments mid shift for 2 nights
now.
You can see our progress on a map on
our mailasail blog.
Position at 2230UTC when sent via satphone
05 44.64S 122 45.34W |