Hello from Maple and her crew of happy sailors!
An eventful day today. Good sailing with the wind coming from North we set ourselves up wing on wing with the wind at 150 degress on the starboard side. Wind speeds started out around 20 knots true, and built through the day. By about 2:00 we were seeing 35 knots gusting to just shy of 40. Maple was clocking in speeds over 10+ knots for a sustained period. Then the seas began to get steep and we started surfing down waves. We decided to play it safe and avoid broaches and accidental gybes (after the first one) and set ourselves up with the wind at 120 degrees starboard. This is pointing us a bit north of the Galapagos, but winds and seas are supposed to calm this evening into tomorrow so we will point further south then. The seas are strangely steep even though wind and current are running together but Maple is handling it all well. We have had water come into the cockpit a couple of times but we are none the worse for wear. (Oh sure, says the guy who didn't get soaked!!! - J)
The wind is cold, coming from the North and we find ourselves bundled in jackets and warm socks for the night watch,looking forward to warmer temps and water south of the equator.
As a final note, we did catch a fish today, a small tuna that will do nicely for a couple of meals...it's been a long time since a good eating fish came aboard and I was pretty happy, even if I did have to make some emergency repairs to my fishing rod.
That's all from Maple, hope all of you are well.
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At 2019-03-27 10:24 PM (utc) our position was 05°37.70'N 080°55.24'W
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