21h00 UTC 15 May
Course: 255°
Distance covered last 24hrs until 18h00 GMT: 112 nm
Distance to Marquesas: 1177nm
Position 08°13' S 119°13' W
Having an up and down day today. Some large 3-4m swells rolling through the neighbourhood today. So it's up a few meters then down again. Apparently they will be with us for the next few days. They come from a storm way down south somewhere. Meanwhile we are still trying to make the best of our 8-12 knots of wind. When it is from behind it is difficult to get going. It swings to the SE for a while and the change of angle really helps. Tomorrow we are supposed to get wind from the SE at around 15kn that should help us get going. It lasted for the whole of the grib file which is 72 hours. The yachts ahead of us this morning all reported very light winds and some have cranked up the old motor. We are lucky that we have managed to keep moving so far without resorting to polluting the atmosphere. We are slowly getting through some of the many tins of food on board. Some are nice and we should have bought more others..... Hey! Time to go make supper!!
No... too early, but some tea will do. Then we can sit up in the cockpit and watch the big swells make us go up and then down, up then..... .... ... .. .
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