Chain Reaction ~ Day 8 to the Marquesas
Balvenie
Mark Farrell & Amanda Church
Wed 29 Jul 2015 22:53
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29 July 2015 ~
Position 04 23S 108 29W at 1730UTC, 1130 Boat Time (Galapagos Local) 0530
tomorrow NZ Time.
Course Over Ground 265dT, Speed Over Ground
7.5 knots, 24 hour run 150 miles, similar 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 still good although clouded over
yesterday afternoon, pretty dark night and only a couple of hours of sunshine
today.
We're
in the middle of a chain reaction, in the lead are Wapiti who left from Panama
so they are really doing a long trip and are a couple of days ahead of us.
Ole are still ahead about 200 miles, they left Isabela about 40 hours before us
and Mezzaluna are around 50 behind us now, doing well as they are smaller than
us.
Wilsons Stormpetrals Romeo and
Juliet only visited fleetingly this morning, hope they are not lost but the
big news is we have hooked two Mahi Mahi this afternoon, the first escaped just
before we got it to the back but we landed the second, such a lovely looking
fish until we stuck the knife in, free food is great but gosh it makes one hell
of a mess across the stern of the boat.
Nothing else to report, all well on board
and thanks again to everyone sending through emails and news
You can see our progress on a map on
our mailasail blog.
Position at 2250UTC when sent via satphone
04 28.37S 109 04.59W |