Day 3 was much like day 2 only less remarkable.
We managed to jibe the Code Zero at dusk much more successfully than the previous attempt. We caught no fish. Unlike days 1 & 2 where we saw some commercial traffic, day 3 we saw only the occasional blip on the radar.
Our correct distance for day 2 was 133nm and day 3 we covered 147nm. Our current ETA for Cartagena is between 7 & 8pm. We reviewed our notes on entering the bay and are confident it can be done at night so we’re going for it. There are two entrances. The northerly entrance is mostly a sea wall with a red/green pair of buoys marking the entrance for small craft. It is not clear if these work. Nearly 5nm further to the south is the main shipping entrance. We’ll approach the northerly entrance and assess. If it is clearly marked we’ll enter there, otherwise we’ll take the longer route.
This morning we jibed again putting the wind off our port side. So far we’ve spent all but a scant few hours with the apparent wind within 10 degrees of our stern. Until now, jibing has been more precautionary prior to dusk to ensure possible wind shifts don’t push us in the wrong direction. This mornings jib was coincident with our turn more to the south. We’re on our final leg down to Cartagena.
Waking up this morning it feels a lot more muggier and close. The weather has been fantastic so far. The only rain we’ve seen were a few squalls on day 1 4nm-5nm to our north. Hopefully it will remain that way.
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At 11/16/2009 12:59 (utc) our position was 11°16.79’N 075°16.45’W
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