Position 1800 UTC - 7th June 2020
- 05 degrees, 12 minutes South
- 105 degrees, 29 minutes West
Sailing on port tack poled out genoa with wind at 150 degrees apparent
Sea State: moderate with white caps on top of nice rolling swell of 2.5m
Wind: 15 knots from East South East
Speed over the ground: 7.5 knots
Course over the ground: 264 degrees
There's something so wonderful about turning the boat downwind and pulling the genoa across onto the spinnaker pole - this is what you dream of when you think of tradewind sailing in the South Pacific and we could not help but feel pretty excited when we did that earlier this morning. The wind has been a little stronger for the last 24 hours and this means the sea is pretty big but the waves are just gently shoving us along. That, and the fact we knocked off 175 miles in 24 hours plus we have a mahi mahi in the fridge is making this a very good day....
Late afternoon yesterday Andrew was chatting with Tjaart on Zouterik when the rod went. Fish drill!! We were sailing so fast the fish was on the surface so really easy for me to wind it in while they ended the conversation. We have a new technique with a very yucky fish blanket and a bucket of water to protect the teak - it works really well. Andrew quickly filleted a smallish mahi - enough for two main meals and maybe a light lunch - yay!!
This morning we had a light rain shower, but the rest of the day has been glorious - blue blue sky and fluffy clouds on the horizon. I have baked bread rolls for lunch and yes it will be mahi mahi for dinner. The end of the bananas is in sight, just 60 oranges to get through....
We are expecting lighter winds after today, for a couple of days, so we are sailing a little north of west so that when the winds become lighter we can bear south of west to increase our apparent wind and keep Askari moving along.
Oh gosh, I just got interrupted - another fish! Another small mahi mahi - so very pretty but so very tasty. We are not going to get hungry out here and the freezer remains sealed....
Oh we have changed time zone - that was exciting at 105 West we went back an hour, we are keeping the 24 hour position at 1800 UTC for consistency.
Hope your weekend was great.
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175nm in a day. So very satisfying! What do you do all day is easily understood by us. Just rotating the roster, meals and snacks leave so little time - AND you’re fishing too! Sunsets and sunrises at sea are so different - do hope you’re cataloguing a few of those. Loving your updates!
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