1055 Anchor up. Seas are calm. We are hoping for some wind when the thermals kick in (land breezes). We should be off Cabo Corrientes by early evening. One always has to think ahead. So the seas are calm and conditions good for cooking - Indian Butter Chicken. And if the seas pick up we will only have to heat it up!
1400 Pico de Gaillo and Guacamole for lunch. We just started to eat when two humpback whales passed us on the port side!
1450 Decided to put a reef in the main and realized that we had not reattached the reeling lines after sending in the sail for repair. Put the #1 reef line in and raised the main. Winds are still light, around 5 knots from the NW so it looks like we will be motor sailing for awhile.
1630 Winds have picked up and David is able to turn off the motor while I catch a few winks in preparation for an overnighter.
1730 abeam Cabo Corrientes with 60 nm to go. Averaging 4 knots.
1800 I am up, curry has been heated and we are enjoying a nice dinner, all alone on the deep blue sea!
Decision was made to sail away from the coast at 210 with a NNW wind so that we can continue to sail with the wind on our starboard quarter.
1900 Captain is down but not before he makes me a nice cup of tea. Sorry that he missed a beautiful sunset - looks like molten lava flowing into the sea!
1930 Genoa was not staying full due to our course and the direction of the wind. So I rolled in the Genoa and was still able to maintain our course averaging 3-4 knots with just the main. The color from the sunset has finally disappeared making it very dark out here!
I contemplated rolling out the Genoa every so often but We were on such a comfortable point of sail, autopilot doing his job that I decided to just enjoy it. Genoa might have given me an extra knot but so what. And I know that if I start playing with the sails the captain will wake up and I do not want that. I keep thinking of our trip up around this point and will just be grateful for this great ride.
I took this picture of Cano Corrientes - you can just make out its light between the Monitor and the Man Overboard ring. Nice to have the Cape behind us!
2000 Stars are out. Orion is abeam of me in the cockpit on the port side.
2033 the moon is up - 90% full and lighting up the sky. It is not the large orange ball that we saw the night before last but it still manages to peak through the clouds. There is also a bit of phosphorescence so it is not quite so dark out here.
26-Jan-2016 Captain takes over at the helm and I go to bed. David put the Genoa out and we managed to sail all night.
0800 David did not wake me for my watch but decided to enjoy the sailing also and the quietness of the night. I got up and made breakfast. Fresh papaya, blueberries, raspberries and yoghurt, a cup of tea and the last two scones from the market in La Cruz.
Seas have a slight chop. Winds are NNE around 7-10 knots. Course is 120 and our speed has picked up to 4 - 4.5 knots. 20 nm to go to Chamela. Should be able to sail right into the bay if all things stay the same. Another sailboat sighted just ahead of us. It is sunny with the occasional cloud - could not ask for anything mores
1100 Winds have begun to pick up and am now averaging 4.5 to 5 knots. Course is 110
1200 Captain is up. Two dolphins came by to say hello. Coffee is on,
1250 Rolled in the Genoa. Course altered to 120 to make the point - Punta Rivas. 5.5 to 6 knots with only the main. What an absolutely wonderful sail from La Cruz to Chemala. We averaged 3.5 knots over 23 hours. We motor sailed for 5.5 knots and sailed the rest!
1330 Anchor down in Chemala
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