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Things are a whole lot better over here now. The annoying crosswaves calmed down and so did the wind. So we're sailing full main, mizzen, genoa, and jib again and have been doing a really awesome 6.5 knots the whole night! We're now 240 miles from the Galapagos =D So yeah, things are better. I made pancakes for breakfast, which the guys really liked :P It's still really cloudy but I feel like that's a good thing since otherwise it would be really hot so close to the equator. Shaul isn't seasick anymore as long as he stays outside. I even heard him singing this morning. Maybe he is even going to like sailing, although the boat is still at an angle and sometimes catches a wave in the cockpit :P
Laura
Still really rough out here. The course is a little bit better. We can go the right direction now, sailing closehauled into 20 to 25 knots of wind doing about 4.5 knots. Everyone and everything is salty and the boat is a mess inside, like usual in rough weather. Shaul is still really seasick but he seem to be doing a little bit better today, so that's good. And well, everything else is still the same. I did get some good sleep last night having the radar turned on and waking up every hour, like I did when sailing solo.. So I feel fine again =D Also there are fewer squalls today which is really awesome but I am still looking forward to a better wind direction..
The cat enjoys the sailing so far: sleeps, plays, eats, and gets fatter by the day. I made a little harness for her so she lives outside in the cockpit and under the sprayhood. Shaul is seasick most of the time, especially now that we have wind about 15 to 20 knots on the nose and 6 foot waves rolling over Guppy. Together with a swell against us, we're only doing 3 knots! And I can't get any more out of her unless we're going back to Panama. Again we came 50 miles closer to the Galapagos. I saw on my gribfiles that these winds stay around 2 to 4 degrees N for a few days more. The boys were thinking sailing is relaxing. Well now they now it's more like a roller coaster, you're getting wet, and with three people inside it becomes a big mess. Maybe I should head south for a day to at least get a little bit out of these winds, but then again the wind shifted a little so I can go 250 degrees or tack doing 150. And both ways we're not making a lot of progress. Well yeah, someday we will get there.
Meeh, progress is so slow...There is just enough wind to sail but right against us, so we can either go south...or west. We've come about 50 miles closer to the Galapagos since yesterday. Even on the engine we're going slow because of the southwest swell and short waves that keep bumping Guppy around. But there's nothing we can do so we keep tacking--sailing a day south, sailing a day west and slowly, slowly coming closer. Well, I'm happy that there's wind now of course. But still. With this speed it will take a while for the the remaining 500 nm. Everything else is okay. We still had some thunder and lightning going on at night, and a few squalls during the day but the last two days have been pretty okay. Yesterday I made pancakes and the mood on the boat is still pretty good. Everyone has their moments of course and Bruno's iPod fell in the water with all his beloved music on it, so he wasn't really happy yesterday. But yeah...shit happens.
There is still a lot of rain and squalls and sometimes a lot of wind because of the squalls like right now.. argh! Okay, the squall is gone. I'm back. We made pretty good progress last night, a little off course because of the southwest wind, but everyone got a decent amount of sleep and feels better, which is worth a lot. The wind is really close to dropping down totally, and now we are going to enjoy some heavy rain. Kiwi the cat is getting more used to her moving house every day and seems to like it a lot. Most of the time she is the most exciting thing on the whole boat :P
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