Ruby ~ Day 5 to the Marquesas
Balvenie
Mark Farrell & Amanda Church
Sun 26 Jul 2015 22:25
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Position 02 33S 101 06W at
1730UTC, 1130 Boat Time (Galapagos Local) 0530 NZ Time
Course Over Ground 272d, Speed Over Ground
6.7 knots, 24 hour run 160 miles, one more than yesterday! Wind
15-18knots from SSE, on the beam, Double reefed main, reefed jib, two sail
reaching. Swell about 2-3 metres, pretty lumpy but trying to keep this
westward course with wind right on or just in front of beam to stay above
stronger winds further south. Would really like the wind to back to
somewhere east so we can get wind behind beam.
Skies clouded over before sunset last
night and it was a dark night with little moon breaking through and we had a few
hours of drizzle. Cleared away just before dawn and it as been a
beautfiful day with hardly a cloud, even starting to warm up some at last.
Passed one boat going the other way last night, first traffic we have seen apart
from the fishing boat fleet on the 2nd night.
Romeo and Juliet Wilson are still here, we
dont know when they rest, their poor little wings flap constantly, I hope they
have worked out that we are not stationery and they are getting further from
home. At midnight I had quite a commotion above the cockpit as a red
footed booby tried to land, christened Ruby the Booby she hung on to the wire
life line until dawn and left rather a smelly calling card just by the
cockpit! Just how they hold onto and balance while we bounce up and down
is behind me.
Mezzaluna are just 20 miles behind us, doing
well and we are gaining on Ole 180 miles in front of us a little each day,
Wapiti is in the lead and doing about the same speed as us over 300 miles
away. We talk with them all at 1505Z and 0105Z on 6510 for those that are
trying to listen, the two front boats can't hear us on 8173, but us and
Mezzaluna have a quick chat at 1500 and 0100 on 8173. We can't yet hear
the net going on in the Marquesas but are getting closer each day so should
soon.
Thats all for today, still struggling with
our sleep, must get into a pattern soon we hope.
You can see our progress on a map on our
mailasail blog. Current position at 2215 UTC 02 36.31S 101
36.46W |