Date: Monday April 16th, 2018 Time: 18:23 UTC Location: 15° 43.3’N 111° 52.3′ W COG: 225° T SOG: 6.0 knots Distance to the Marquesas: 2,241 nm
We are sailing along with the main and the genoa up on a broad reach about 10 days from hitting the equator. The girls are playing with their clay characters that they have created and Cameron is tidying up the boat getting her shipshape after our sail changes.
Last night we had the spinnaker up all night into the late morning. That kept us at great speeds and a very easy motion tugging us along. Everyone is getting great sleep thankfully. During my night watch last night, I had some lightning shows! I anxiously watched the sky light up far to the south now and again and was happy to let our course slip to the north a bit. The days are getting warmer and we are all getting a little riper. With the shower stall full of food stores, we will have to do our bathing in the cockpit today. We have been making a bit of water each day with our water maker which has been topping up or tanks, keeping us at a total of 200 gallons. It feels a bit luxurious to have all this great water! Food stores are doing well. I flip our 150 eggs every second day and go through and inspect all produce daily. We have the dilemma of trying to eat through our produce before it goes bad and also begin to eat into our freezer which we would like to turn off as soon as possible to save on power. Add to that, our bodies are all telling us to eat a bit light; we haven’t been famished and in reality aren’t going through that much food at all. One thing is certain, we will not starve!
This is SV Banyan, signing off.