We had good wind most of the day yesterday, which made for solid sailing but it slowed dramatically overnight and, consequently, so did we. We ended up motoring for 6 hours this morning. Now we’re back in the wind and moving along at about 6.5 knots. The seas are cooperating and keeping the ride fairly comfy, enough at least for the occasional bird visitor to land for a brief respite from fishing… Read More

It’s a partly sunny day, the fishing lines are out and crew spirits are much improved. Rough seas continued all day and much of the night. Although we had about 12 knots of wind, the angle we would need to be on to take advantage of it put us too far in the wrong direction and we risked being pulled even farther off course by the prevailing current. So, we started the… Read More

When the birds flew off yesterday they left behind quite a little mess on the bow. Someone made an offhanded comment about needing a little rain to rinse it and all the salt off the decks. Well, after a nice sunny day we got that “wish.” It started raining last night and hasn’t stopped yet. And with the rain came some uncomfortable seas but little wind so we were forced again to… Read More

The computer has revived itself, at least for now, which is nice because it’s much easier to type out updates on a keyboard than old-school texting the 160 allowable characters on the InReach device. The confused seas from the previous day calmed down and we had a good day of sailing yesterday. The 1-2 kt current in our face, however, is definitely slowing us down and will likely add another day to… Read More

Day 3, 27 May: Underway. Computer died. Sending via InReach. All is well. Lat 06 32.863N Long 079 50.943W. 159 NM View the location or send a reply to Tom Racette: https://inreach.garmin.com/textmessage/txtmsg?extId=8207ddb8-11a1-4666-88a4-898c6f551939&adr=nubo440bedo%40post.wordpress.com Tom Racette sent this message from: Lat 6.497244 Lon -79.849641 Do not reply directly to this message. This message was sent to you using the inReach two-way satellite communicator with GPS. To learn more, visit http://explore.garmin.com/inreach.

Day 2 was spent at anchor enjoying the bay and wrapping up boat projects (at least for now). After breakfast we went for a snorkel. The water clarity wasn’t great but it was nice to cool off. In the afternoon we explored the beach and gathered coconuts and mangoes. While we were ashore our buddy Tom, who is crewing with us to the Galapagos, flagged down a local panga and procured four… Read More

Our first day was a short 6-hour trip to Isla Pedro Gonzales in the Las Perlas islands. The anchorage is beautiful, calm and the perfect place to do our last few preps for the jump to the Galapagos islands on Saturday. Location: Lat 08 24.114N Long 079 04.941W Miles traveled: 41 NM

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