21h00 UTC 10 May
Course: 243°
Distance covered last 24hrs until 18h00 GMT: 136 nm
Distance to Marqueses: 1856nm
Position 07°03' S 108°02' W
So another mixed bag of wind. During the night it dropped below 10kn and needless to say we slowed down(more to a waltz). The sea was a little kinder to us, so some of the chores could be done and we now have a colourful assortment of garments blowing in the breeze on the aft deck. We have had quite a few birds with us today, many Boobies and Paradise birds as well as a bird that looks like a swallow, but a little bigger that skims along the water's surface.
The radio propagation at the moment is very bad and yesterday it took 4min to upload the update and 8min to get the grib files. That is after numerous times of connecting and loosing the connection. It took almost an hour to do mail. Even our radio schedule with each other today was weak and one battled to hear the other yachts. On a wifi connection the same info would have taken around 5-8 seconds. Would it not be lovely to have broadband!!!
Looks like we are heading towards a quiet night... could still do with flatter seas seen that the winds gone. Bye for now... need to check the sails that are flogging themselves and the rigging
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