If we weren’t numbering them the days would now be all a bit of a blur as the amount of distinction between one and the other is rather narrow.<\/p>\n

I did do an analysis of our track yesterday and discovered that our best 24 hour run so far ended at 7am on day 6 covering 172nm. That included a light night and quite a few hours of regen.<\/p>\n

At one point we saw a school of small mahi mahi on the go. Off the hook we only see them when they torpedo through the air. Within moments we had three on the lures. Two got away but we managed to get one in. It was too small to eat so we let it go. There was a fourth one on the lines when we pulled them in in the evening but it too escaped before reaching the boat.<\/p>\n

We continue our course along the rhumb line to Fatu Hiva. The miles are slowly going by. We passed the quarter distance mark today which didn’t get much fanfare – certainly not as much as half way will bring. As the first two days were pretty slow there’s a good chance the remaining 3\/4 of the trip will be less than three times as long as the first 1\/4.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of miles from anywhere and thousands from most places we feel very safe in our little bubble of human life out here in the Pacific. Dignity is doing her side of the job very well. On the net we hear of other boats with odd issues (radio problems, freezer problems, etc.) causing them to consider returning to their port of departure. The Galapagos is not the best place for repairing boat parts but then nor are the islands this side of Tahiti. On that front our replacement light air sale is now fully ordered and due to arrive in Tahiti late May, a couple of weeks before our likely arrival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If we weren’t numbering them the days would now be all a bit of a blur as the amount of distinction between one and the other is rather narrow.<\/p>\n

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