NOON, MONDAY 8TH JANUARY 2007.
POSITION: 17 53N 102 48W – 175 MILES NW OF ACAPULCO, MEXICO.
DISTANCE TRAVELLED: 271 miles (Noon to Noon)
WIND: None!
WEATHER: Hot and steamy.
NEWS:
We managed to have a good sail again yesterday afternoon, broad
reaching with all the sails out from 2 til 7pm but then the wind went aft
again and we had to start the engine. By midnight it had gone flat calm and
that is how it continued. The seas are glassy calm and we can see the high
mountains along the coast which is about 15 miles away. Some of the
mountains here rise to 8 to 10,000 feet and further south in Gautemala there
are peaks as high at 18,000 feet just 30 miles from the coast.
We have seen quite a few dolphins and just before lunch had a large school
of them doing acrobatics around the boat as we powered along in the glassy
calm. We took in the fishing lines after our catch yesterday (we had a great
dinner last night)and only put them out again this morning. We have had one
hit but lost that one.
The boys on deck are enjoying the sunshine while they cut the excess off the
rubber deck caulking – a long and tedious job.
We are now on the border of the Pacific Satelite coverage and the Atlantic
so we have changed over to the Atlantic one which is ‘country code’ 874. If
you are trying to call us on the Satcom please try 874 first.
PHil