Slip Sliding Away ~ Day 15 to the Marquesas
Balvenie
Mark Farrell & Amanda Church
Wed 5 Aug 2015 22:20
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05 August 2015
~ Position 06 37S 127 33W at 1730 UTC, 1130 Boat Time (Still on Galapagos
Local) 0530 tomorrow NZ Time.
Course Over Ground 255dT, Speed Over Ground
7.0 knots, 24 hour run 166 miles. Good weather is holding,
clear skies with just a few trade wind clouds around that bring
just a little extra wind. Wind ESE 15 - 20, easing and backing all the
time, seas still very lumpy tough. Still flying double reefed main, jib
poled back out to windward, finally managing to get some southing in and almost
lay our course.
Very little to report, had a ship pass by
from North West to South East overnight on change of shifts so we both got to
see that there is other life out there. A handful of birds pass by but
none seem intereted in stopping for a rest, no fish for dinner. These
should be the conditions we now get for the rest of the trip, with hopefully
some easing in the sea state.
Striken or should that be striking Ray the
autopilot is still resting, thanks to all for feedback on his symptoms, skipper
still working on him. Thanks again for all the incoming emails, it makes
our day.
So ...... ARE WE NEARLY THERE
YET? Well, the miles are slip sliding away and we are now under 700
left to run, tick tock, tick tock.
You can see our progress on a map on
our mailasail blog.
Position at 2215UTC when sent via satphone
06 48.72S 128 01.30W |