Kind of as we expected the stronger winds didn’t hold and we lost the beneficial current which turned into one against us. Therefore on day 2 we didn’t cover the miles we did on day 1. We forgot to note how far we’d gone at the 48 hour mark but my guesstimate was that we covered somewhere between 125nm and 130nm. This sets us up for a late Monday evening arrival in Cartagena. Until we know more we are not keen on a night arrival. It is definitely not worth motoring for a day to catch up so it’s probably going to be Tuesday morning. That being said, I tried to check into the Panama Connection Net this morning to ask about the feasibility of a night arrival but the reception was too poor.<\/p>\n

Last night Helen and I slept much better than the first night. We both had two good sleeps of nearly three hours each. We’re both also finding it easier to read than on the first day. So I guess that means we’re settling into this new routine.<\/p>\n

That doesn’t leave us much to get excited about. The highlights of day 2 were :<\/p>\n

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• We passed the half way mark.<\/li>\n
• We jibed once and made a mess of it.<\/li>\n
• Two of the fishing lines tangled so I had to sacrifice one to save the other.<\/li>\n
• We caught a fish!!!!! Well sort of. I found a flying fish on the trampoline. It had been there a while and was pretty stiff. May have even been there when I wrote my first blog yesterday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  I also forgot to mention on day 1 that we saw more dolphins. They just passed us by. They weren’t interested in playing much. That just about sums it up.<\/p>\n

  This morning we had a little more excitement when we thought we’d caught a fish. Maybe we did. Maybe it was just the lure tangled up and splashing on the surface like a fish does. Either way the result was the same. The lure came in free of any fish. I sharpened to hooks then threw it back in.
  \n—–
  \nAt 11\/15\/2009 13:48 (utc) our position was 12\u00b027.95’N 073\u00b009.78’W<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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