New from s/v Sila - We have begun our fifth day of close reaching on the port tack, just now we are humming along at 7 knots in mild seas. Now that we all have sea legs and hearty appetites we have had a strong few days on the culinary front. Two nights ago Molly made a perfect deep dish pizza with a golden brown crust and an abundance of roasted garlic cloves and bacon lurking inside. Yesterday morning the boys landed a nice (20+") Mahi-mahi, so lunch was grilled fish over rice with a freshly minced homemade salsa. The bananas hanging throughout the boat, all green when we departed the Galapagos, are all ripening at the same time, so the banana ration has been increased significantly. Celebrations of Molly's birthday were successful, including a deluge of presents! All is well.
Cheers - Christopher, Molly, Pete, Porter, & Jack
Day 5 Stats:
0600 local (1200z) JUL 27 2014
Fix @ 8*26.0's 95*19.4'w
Wind 144T variable F4
90% clouds (mid-level cumulous)
No precip last 24 hr
S-SE swell 1.5-2.0m, wind waves 0.5m on top
0600-0600 Local (12z-12z) 24 hour run approximately 151nm (mean speed of 6.3 knots in the last 24 hours)
So far we have covered about 550nm with approximately 1,381nm to go, or about 28% of the way to the Easter Islands
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