Tuesday 12 May 2009

Galapagos - Marquesas Day 19

Another day of very light winds! We sailed most of the day with the spinnaker up, we did motor for 2 hours over lunch when the wind died completely. We took the spinnaker down at sunset as it is a big sail to manage in the day light let alone at dark ... we slowed down under the genoa in lieu of the spinnaker but were still moving at 3 - 4 knots. We motored from midnight until 4am when the wind died and sailed the rest of the night. We are now under spinnaker again making 4 knots but the wind is light and variable. We're so close to the Marquesas and could be there in 2 or 3 days, but with wind like this it may take 4 or 5!
24 Hour Run: 118 n/m
Total Distance Run: 2,718 n/m
Distance to Run: 391 n/m

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

hi guys

sounds like a great leg. not enough wind but better than too much.....
well doen . i have followed you for some time and you are clearly having a great time