It's Just A Perfect Day ~ Day 7 to the Marquesas
Balvenie
Mark Farrell & Amanda Church
Tue 28 Jul 2015 21:47
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28 July 2015 ~
Position 03 34S 105 58W at 1730UTC, 1130 Boat Time (Galapagos Local) 0530
tomorrow NZ Time.
Course Over Ground 260dT, Speed Over Ground
7 knots, 24 hour run 150 miles, (how consistant is that!) same wind
conditions about 12-14knots from SSE, on the beam, still flying double reefed
main, full jib, two sail reaching. Swell about 1.5 - 2 metres,
still a little lumpy at times but really conditions are lovely and about as
good as we could hope for.
A stunning clear night with the moon getting
bigger and bigger then when it set thousands of stars lit our way, the winds
were light overnight and it was really pleasant and getting warmer.
Wilsons Stormpetrals Romeo and Juliet are
still here, checked our bird book and they are ocean rovers, just going to land
to nest (in Antartica or South America) so guess they are used to the miles, it
says they often follow off shore vessels, so they must have adopted
us.
No fish yesterday and just had a sea monster
break our line today, Skipper currently making another one, hopeful for Mahi
Mahi for dinner tonight.
Nothing else to report,
You can see our progress on a map on our
mailasail blog.
Position at 2145UTC when sent via satphone
03 42.42S 106 26.34W |