Date

Time

Mileage

Miles last 12 hours

Miles last 24 hours

Average Speed

Notes

6/17/04

9:00

3070

19:00

3102

32

3.20

No wind, screecher is up. Ran the engines for a few hours. Saw dolphins and sea turtles.

6/18/04

7:00

3130

28

60

2.33

Still no wind, running the engines again.  Saw more dolphins this morning.  Can still see Isla Isabella.

19:00

3173

43

71

3.58

Had wind for 15 minutes here and there and a good two hour run.  Now wind is variable 4-7 knots.  Raised Main and Jib @ 10 am, minor adjustments.

6/19/04

7:00

3226

53

96

4.42

Good night of sailing.  No sail changes.

19:00

3277

51

104

4.25

Good day of sailing.  No sail changes.

6/20/04

7:00

3356

79

130

6.58

Rocking!  Good night of sailing.  Winds picked up to 15-18 knots and we moved along at 6-7 knots.  No sail changes.

19:00

3438

82

161

6.83

Moving right along.  Great day of sailing.  Winds stayed 15-20 knots all day.  Minor sail adjustments.

6/21/04

7:00

3520

82

164

6.83

See above.

19:00

3612

92

174

7.67

Great day of sailing.  Again winds stayed 15-20 knots all day.  No sail changes.  Caught a small mahi mahi and a wahoo today.

6/22/04

7:00

3704

92

184

7.67

Doing great!  Continued great sailing all night.  No sail changes.

19:00

3794

90

182

7.50

Had some early morning rain clouds - reefed for an hour or so - wind was gusting close to 30. 

6/23/04

7:00

3877

83

173

6.92

Wind died a few times during the night.  Otherwise a good night of sailing.

19:00

3950

73

156

6.08

Tried some sail changes, didn't work.  Ended up putting them back the way they were.  Caught wahoo.

6/24/04

7:00

4030

80

153

6.67

Wind died a few times during the night.  Otherwise a good night of sailing.

19:00

4119

89

169

7.42

Flying most of the day, died down a couple times but picked right back up.

6/25/04

7:00

4205

86

175

7.17

Flying most of the night, died down a couple of times but picked right back up.  Sailing at 255 right now - need to continue on this tack.

19:00

4290

85

171

7.08

Smooth sailing at around 260 all day.

6/26/04

7:00

4362

72

157

6.00

Did some adjustments last night - wind from directly behind - waves really doing the work.  Staying on 260 to not over shoot the islands and add miles.

18:00

4432

70

142

5.83

(Changed clocks back 1 hour.) Wind from directly behind.  Put out the screecher to the port side and the main to the starboard.  Seems to be working nicely.

6/27/04

6:00

4501

69

139

5.75

No sail changes.  Wind came and went and shifted from 280 to 240.  Will have to do some sail changes soon.

18:00

4573

72

141

6.00

Wing-and-wing all day.  Caught and lost large wahoo.

6/28/04

6:00

4657

84

156

7.00

Tried to roll the screecher in at 7pm - wind was too much 17-21 knots - left it out.  Couple of sail changes.  Back to wing-and-wing.

17:30

4739

82

166

6.83

(Changed clocks back 1/2 hour.) Wing-and-wing all day.  Caught 3 mahi mahi - released one.  Had dolphins on the bow for about 20 minutes.

6/29/04

5:30

4818

79

161

6.58

Changed from wing-and-wing to screecher and triple reefed main. 

17:30

4897

79

158

6.58

Sailed with just the screecher in 20 knots all day long right on course.

6/30/04

5:30

4975

78

157

6.50

See above.

17:30

5046

71

149

5.92

Sailed with just the screecher in 15 knots - on course.

7/1/04

5:30

5108

62

133

5.17

Sailed with just the screecher wind died to 10 knots.

17:30

5173

65

127

5.42

See above.  Caught good size mahi mahi.

7/2/04

5:30

5228

55

120

4.58

Sailed with just the screecher - no wind.  Changed to jib and main at 4 a.m. - still moving slow.  Need wind!

16:30

5276

48

103

4.00

(Changed clocks back 1 hour.) Wind under 10 all day.  Put screecher back out. 

7/3/04

4:30

5322

46

94

3.83

Slow, slow, slow.  Still just the screecher.  Motorsailed for about 4 hours or so.  Saw ship about 8 miles out.

16:30

5386

64

110

5.33

Finally got about 12 knots all afternoon today.  Main and screecher out.

7/4/04

4:30

5446

60

124

5.00

Wind stayed with us all night.  According to the weather report was suppose to die to 5 knots.

16:30

5513

67

127

5.58

Screecher halyard snapped.  Now have only main and jib.  Wind about 8 knots and we are slowed now to about 3.5 knots speed.

7/5/04

4:30

5563

50

117

4.17

Wind died overnight.  Motorsailed/motored all night.  Currently no sails up, just motoring.  Dolphins showed up at 11pm.

16:30

5613

50

100

4.17

Motored all day.  Pat went swimming.

7/6/04

4:30

5662

49

99

4.08

Motorsailed/motored all night.  Winds variable.  Currently sailing with the main and jib.  Making slow progress. 

16:30

5705

43

92

3.58

Miserable day of motoring and super slow sailing.  5 knots from directly behind with no screecher makes for some crappy sailing.

7/7/04

4:30

5754

49

92

4.08

Another frustrating night.  The wind comes and goes but when it comes good it is from right behind us - awful sailing direction for us.

16:30

5806

52

101

4.33

Actually had enough wind to sail since about 10 am, but it is from straight behind us so we are sailing pretty slow.  Wing-and-wing now with the jib.

7/8/04

4:30

5869

63

115

5.25

Good sailing night, wing-and-wing and moving steady. 

16:30

5930

61

124

5.08

Decent day today, wind 12 knots on the beam, waves and wind from the North but SE swell making it uncomfortable

7/9/04

4:30

5979

49

110

4.08

Stormy night.  Rained most of the night with some lightning at times.  Wind shifted to our nose at 15 knots.  Motorsailed all night.

16:30

6019

40

89

3.33

Crappy day.  Rain off and on.  Morning took everything down and just sat there for a while.  Then sailed slowly somewhat towards destination.

7/10/04

4:30

6055

36

76

3.00

Wind directly on nose, decide to heave-to 6-11pm.  Wind shift motorsail rest of the night.

15:30

6100

45

81

3.75

(Changed clocks back 1 hour.) 7am added 5 gal. diesel to each. The wind died as forecasted, so we are actually heading in the right direction.

7/11/04

3:30

6148

48

93

4.00

Motored all night.  Can make out land already this morning at 3:30am.  We are a little excited!

9:30

6171

23

71

3.83

Anchor down.  Passage completed.  We are in paradise.

Average

24 days

3101

63.3

128.1

5.32