The big news for this post is that fish is back on the dinner menu! We caught a
nice eating size Mahi Mahi yesterday afternoon. Good chance we will get two
nice meals out of this one.
The down side is that we have been plagued with lots of squalls. Most of them
are pretty benign in nature but some have had winds into the mid to upper 20's.
The main problem is that we don't want to set Big Blue in these conditions and
when we aren't in a squall our boat speed drops annoyingly. The wind directions
switch rapidly and constantly in these conditions which means no napping on
watch. As I am writing this a squall has just passed and now the wind is nearly
non-existent but a 3-4 meter swell/wave pattern remains...not fun!
We had to switch propane tanks yesterday but we still have lots thanks to a kind
gentleman from the Canaries/Germany that said he didn't need his US tanks
anymore.
We think that the wind may drop to almost nothing this weekend. We should be
square in the trade wind belt now but sometimes this happens.
I mentioned the
possibility of going for a swim and Kim says that scares her and she doesn't
like the idea. The water feels really warm now...I am tempted. You all will
have to wait and see how this one plays out.
Not much else to report but here are some fun stats:
These are all "straight line" distances not actual distances sailed which
of-course are much greater.
We are currently:
3250 Nautical Miles from our northern most position in Norway
2250 Nautical Miles from Crosshaven Ireland
1185 NM from the Finn whale my Dad and I saw in the Azores
2600 NM from Beaufort, North Carolina
2435 NM from our dock in Harpswell, Maine
Current Midwatch Position:
11:00 UTC
19 Degrees 12.300 N
031 Degrees 44.494 W
Course 235 Degrees True
Speed variable
Poled Out Genoa Only
Partly sunny with scattered squalls
Bob, Kim, Anna, Finn and Mark
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