With a good breeze at 120", Paw Paw was on her favourite point of sail. With Elaine helming and flying along at 7.5 Kts, it wasn't long, after we crossed the start line, before we were ahead of all the other catamarans and 3rd overall. We were indeed grateful for the wind that wasn't forecasted.

We settled into a lovely afternoon of sailing and as the wind dropped, with gennaker deployed, we were entertained by a pod of rather large dolphins - all of them at least 6ft in length. That was followed by a rendition of "Happy Birthday" via the satellite phone, to our grand-daughter, Capri. It was a perfect ending to a magical visit in the Galapagos islands and a perfect stsrt to our first cean passage!

Now we concentrate on fuel consumption as we motor along in less than 2 Kts of wind, heading in a southerly ditection in order to pick up the SE trade winds, but avoiding an area known for no wind, large swells and squalls.

S ent from Iridium Mail & Web.