What did we see today? Sea, sky, clouds, sun, flying fish. Familiar? A certain sense of deja vu here. And with confidence I shall predict more of the same ahead.
There were a few milestones today. We exceeded our maximum passage distance beating the run from Costa Rica to the Galapagos. We also passed the mark whereby we have less than 2,000nm to go. It feels like progress.
Thought I’d also touch on the subject of bruises. On a moving boat one always needs to make three points of contact to remain stable. When standing and using two hands one ends up putting ones hip against the counter top. It’s the same point every time. It’s the same point that you bump when walking around and losing balance then bumping into the counter. Even though we have rounded edges (a must for a cruising boat) the continuous knocks are bringing out gradual bruising which is slowly getting painful. The first few days I was not aware but now I am I have become more careful.
We also finally decided to move the dining table inside. As the wind has clocked around to aft of our beam, eating outside became problematical with the wind blowing food around and cups over. On a catamaran we delight in being able to sit at the table reasonably decently. Inside it’s a whole new experience. I wonder why we didn’t do it earlier.
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