Askari Position Report 0800 local time (1300 UTC) 24 February 2020
00 Degrees, 20 Minutes North
085 Degrees, 51 Minutes West
24 hours 164 miles
Motoring at 5.6 knots
8 knots of wind from the South West
Course 230 Degrees Magnetic
Calm and beautiful - a whale and oh so many dolphins - plus a dip in the ocean
By Mid-morning the seas started to ease and we were sailing on a steady 18/20 knots of wind, before the wind started to ease off to about 14 knots by lunch time. The current was still pushing us along in the right direction at about 2 knots so we didn't mind we were only sailing at 5 to 6 knots.
The weather was glorious, the big rollers making the ocean look like rolling hills, we could see clouds on the horizon and spotted some rain squalls but that couldn't dampen this beautiful day - one where you just pinch yourself you are actually out here. I made fritata for lunch and we even ate it off the china plates. A whale swam by - a humpback - wow what a perfect day (probably made even better by yesterday).
Just before 5 the sails were crashing around a bit so we opted to put the genoa away and turn on the engine for a bit. As it happened the wind dropped to less than 4 knots and the ocean turned glassy. It was super hot and I decided I wanted to put my feet in the ocean, it looked so inviting that Andrew stopped the boat so I could have a quick swim - my Dad would have loved that moment x
Shortly after the swim stop we started to see dolphins coming from all directions - it was a SUPER POD! (We always say that in a US accent whenever there's more than 5 after a lady we heard on the net once…. ;-)). They were actually spinners and so incredibly cool and bubbling all around us as the sun set. Wow!
It was so calm over night we opened the windows for the breeze to come in, however we had a few bird visitors - including a little finch type thing that was desperate to get in; so we kept lights off inside. We also had two boobies on the front - I couldn't see if they had blue feet or not?!
We are trying to make it to the equator this afternoon and hopefully a proper swim - it's just over 30 miles, but in fuel conserving mode we are a bit slow. That's fine as we have sowed down trying to time arrival for Wednesday first light.
237 miles to go and Neptune we are coming with treats today.
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