Thursday, May 12, 2011

Almost halfway

Colin and Sandy Cruising with Papillon
21h00 UTC 12 May
Course: 276°
Distance covered last 48hrs until 18h00 GMT: 310 nm
Distance to Marquesas: 1547nm
Position 07°55' S 113°04' W
All's well on board as we near the half way mark. So far we have had good wind and made steady progress. Over the last two days the wind has swung around a little so we go from a reach to a run with the jib poled out and back again. Another day of washing but the rain has kept it rather wet so now we have to hang it below deck as it has dried a fair bit but there are rainstorms luring out on the horizon. So at least a little damp is better than totally soaked. The seas calmed down nicely last night, but have now returned to rolly. One of the boats on our radio schedule arrived in Marquesas this afternoon much to the "wish we were there too" from the others on the net. They would have started out about 10 days before us. We will be the last in the group as we left three days after them. We may catch one boat as we reel them in a little each day. The other group of bats we are with ball left together and we are all within a 200 mile radius of each other. We should be halfway tomorrow.

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