April 27, 2018. UTC 1905 Lat 00°00’N Lon 126°16.4’W. SOG 6kts. 20% cloud cover. We knew we would be approaching the equator when we got up today. Many have made momentous events out of this crossing. Most have kept the tradition of toasting to King Neptune for safe passage. We also decided to make it a celebratory event but with food. Although it was festive, Monica spent most of her waking hours preparing a Key Lime Pie, ginger ale, and…
April 19, 2018 UTC 0310 Lat 12°9.8′ N , lon 114° 12.4′ speed 4.3kts , 100%cloud cover. Dark looming clouds are coming our direction from the East as we point 330°T. Jeff was able to set up a nifty function (MARPA) on our radar to detect movement detected by our radar. It’s all good to have technology but it’s a bit daunting to look at the computer screen to see that you are surrounded by all kinds of movement (weather)…
April 17,2018 1526 UTC 14°17.6N 112°45.2W Partly sunny with 50% cloud cover. We all just had breakfast in the cockpit consisting of eggs salad on crackers, beef jerky and some Costco chocolate covered clusters. Yeah, our breakfast is not typical but it works in all the food groups. About two nights ago, we were making poor speed with our double poled yankee and stay sail. With light winds downwind of us, we thought we’d catch most of the wind that…
UTC 0013 Apr 13 2018 Latitude20°18.113N Longitude 105°59.544W Windspeed 5 kts Boat speed 4.5 kts Course 220deg M Crew on Board: Jeff, Monica, Anna, and Sophia Crew Condition: All in good spirits. Anna is a bit seasick and Sophia is bored. We pulled up our anchor in Punta De Mita at 9:30 local time on April 12, 2018. As Jeff finished putting the anchor away, I drove over to our friends’ boats, sv Banyan and sv Free Spirit, to say…
Testing, testing, 1,2,3… Uh hmmm. If you can hear this I guess it’s working. At the moment, we are trying to make sure that our email posts from open ocean is going to work. Only a few days left before we untie the dock lines from La Cruz Marina Nayarit in Mexico. We are going to miss Mexico for its food, people, beauty, and laid back style. Jitters? Yeah, what if I don’t have enough toilet paper? What if we…