Position 1800 UTC - 11th June 2020
- 06 degrees, 11 minutes South
- 117 degrees, 25 minutes West
Sailing on port tack with wind at 125 degrees apparent
Sea State: 3m swell with wind chop
Wind: 21 knots from South East
Speed over the ground: 8.5 knots
Course over the ground: 260 degrees
Distance sailed towards north Marquesas in 24 hours 194 - 106 in 12 hours
We are now over halfway to our waypoint in north of the Marquesas - hoping we might be allowed to stop. The wind has held up and we have continued to make good speed; not quite as good as yesterday but it's a more regular sea now and after a squally start, with a very dramatic sunrise to the day the sky has been clear blue and it's stunning.
Last night just before sunset we had the biggest pod of dolphins all around the boat - a superpod of at least 100 - it was like they were on a conveyor belt as they just kept coming, we could see them surfing down three or more of the big waves coming towards our stern. Some flipped and often we had a little group of 4 or 5 surface together. They made it look like the water was boiling and it felt like they were as excited to see us as we were to see them.
Today we lost our new favorite fishing lure when a huge fish came and stripped so much line off the reel it was crazy. I went into full 'fish drill' mod and furled sails to slow us down but as Andrew started to try and wind it the line went slack. It's a relief not to catch a fish that big it could do that but I hate to think of a beautiful big fish with a lure in it - they do rust quickly but even so. Sadness and the loss of a great lure that has caught so many fish dinners for us. The final one being yummy csiro thai fish burgers for lunch.
Andrew has been checking over our watermaker as it failed to start on 240v which is a bit strange. It worked the second time and we have a 12v system as a back up so it's not a major worry. He thinks the brushes on the motor might need to be cleaned - we will put that on the list for when we reach port and ensure the water is kept full just in the meantime just in case.
All going well out here and we're planning a nice day tomorrow for Andrew's birthday.
Second Special Geeky Stat Report for those who care about numbers:
We left Galapagos on Monday June 1st bound for Queensland. A journey of more than 7000 miles which we expect to take 50 days. We have prepared supplies for 60 days at sea and have 20 days of additional reserve.
After 10 days this is how we have done
-Distance sailed 1655 Nm or about 24% of the direct course to Brisbane
-Consumed 84L of diesel of 700L on board which is about 12%
-Water tanks are full
-Food going better than plan with no waste
-Five fish caught
-All boat systems operational
All good at this stage and a little ahead of plan. Next geek update at day 15
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