21h00 UTC 13 May
Course: 246°
Distance covered last 24hrs until 18h00 GMT: 139 nm
Distance to Marquesas: 1439nm
Position 07°42' S 115°18' W
The middle of the ocean. I guess that been halfway between Galapagos and the little island of Hiva Oa that we are headed for means that at this point we are furthest from dry land that we will ever be on the yacht. We celebrated this milestone by baking some chocolate brownies... Immm yummy!!! The winds are light and variable so we will not be zooming off from here at high speed. Its hard work chasing the wind and changing sails as the rain squalls come and go but our average speed is doing ok. We are a little further south than we wanted to be at this stage as we have been trying to stay on a broad reach. As the wind has gone to the east it pushes us further south. At the end one turns down and poles out the jib... result... drop a knot or two in speed and role from side to side. Oh well such is live out in the middle of the ocean.
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