Midnight watch: all good so far – light winds, small waves both against us. Not terrible, just a little bit bouncy as we are going slow, its a long ways and lets not get too beat up on the first night out.
Pretty good day, got an early-ish start. About an hour late as I wanted to change the fuel filters while in the protection of the bay, especially after seeing what showed up in the ‘baja filter’ we used to screen the jerry can fuel we loaded up on in the Galapagos. Water and sludge. That took about an hour so we got started around 8:30.
One of the boats we know from Panama came in the night before we left, and anchored close enough to say hello and good bye at the same time. Our paths will cross again as they will also head to Easter Island after Galapagos.
Christine & Sally made some yummy banana muffins for breakfast while Ron helped me with the fuel filters.
First couple of hours was 180 degrees from where we wanted to go, we had to get clear of the island before we could tack over to get on course.
Once on course we dropped the fishing lines in, nothing much for a long while but then a large Wahoo took off running. Could already taste dinner, but then as he was leaping out of the water the swivel became the weak link and dinner said, see you later. Not to be out done a sneaky Marlin came in close with lightning speed and snatched the ‘teaser’ right up next to the boat, breaking the 200lb test line like it was sewing thread. So far, fish: 2 – us: zero. Its a long way so we will keep trying.
Pressure cooker Carnitas for dinner, its almost like being in Austin with a little Tex-Mex to wind down the day.
As I sat down to type an update, the wind, like on cue picks up to 20k from the steady 12k we were having – the dark cloud that obscures the stars is no doubt the reason, but the increase in wind also pushed top boat speed up to 9.9kn for the past 30 minutes. And just like that we are back to 10knots of wind and slow going.
Started with 1765 miles till the destination, 1675 miles to go if we were a crow.
On 12/14/2018 @ 7:45 AM Our position: 01°58.69’S, 088°33.01’W Traveling 7.9 heading 135T
Google says we are here www.google.com/maps/place/-1.97817,-88.55017
At 12/14/2018 @ 7:45 AM Our position: 01°58.69’S, 088°33.01’W Traveling 7.9 heading 135T
Google says we are here www.google.com/maps/place/-1.97817,-88.55017