It is just 10:30 AM on Wednesday, 9/26 which means that we have just completed 24 hours of sailing since leaving Santa Maria. The winds stayed around 15-18 knots through part of the night which was nice as it was consistent, but then it picked up to 20-25 knots. With this of course the wave size increased so it was quite a ride! Fortunately it wasn't so bad that we couldn't sleep when we were off duty, but it definitely is making it difficult to make any breakfast. Made a cup of coffee for Bob and that was enough of a challenge so think the rest of the breakfast will be an energy bar and an orange as want to stay away from anything hot that can fly off the stove easily as well as keeps us up on top out back in the open air. That definitely helps so neither of us gets sea sick!
The benefit of the wind is that we have been making good time with average speeds of 6-6.5 but we have been seeing up to 8 knots on the meter!
We are staying in contact with the other 2 boats by VHF as we are close enough together so we do not need to use the SSB. We are sharing our coordinates with each other and of course any weather information that we receive.
Our daily total as of 10:30AM was 125 nm (nautical miles). We have been going in and out of rain this AM, but hopefully we will be getting into some blue sky ahead. Looks like today will probably be somewhat of a repeat of yesterday with wind and waves so we will just have to roll with it.
It is now 4:30PM and the wind is up again - now to 30 knots so had to reduce sail again. We have to look on the bright side - the sun is out! We are doing fine, just wish it would calm down some to make the ride alittle more comfortable. Oh well...
Take care & we will keep in touch.
Bob & Janice
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