So far so good.

The sun is rising and setting like a return rocket propelled by the mightiest of thrusters.
Mama sea gull and young are hitchhiking along, turning our solar panels into a mess.

Tuesday, March 5th, 2024 , 9:47 AM
North 19 03 47 – West 115 04 27

We won’t come full circle with O2 in this lifetime, but we did manage a kind of Pacific triangle: from the tip of Baja to Hawaii to Prince Rupert in Canada back down to Baja, and onwards from there.

We tread with caution not to jinx it, yet we dare declare “so far so good”. “Far” meaning we have already a solid 808 miles under our keel and “good” meaning that we can keep our course while under sail. No engines needed.

We reached GPS peaks of 9+ knots, thanks to a favorable back wind, a well behaving Parasailor sail, aka the Jurassic butterfly and a benign sea state.
The last couple of days the wind was steadily blowing between 16 and 20 knots from the NNW and we felt secure enough to keep the Parasailor flying throughout the night. Here , the moon is illuminating the scene.

But as predicted by all the weather systems we check as well as by Chris Parker, our professional weather router whose services we used before and which we are using again now, the party is over for a couple of days. The wind has dropped and we have just switched our Parasailor for the wing-to-wing set up. We’ve lost our pace of 6,5 knots average and we are now crawling along at 4 knots. Perfect time to do some cooking.

We don’t go hungry.
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7 comments on “So far so good.”

  1. Veerle says:
    05/03/2024 at 22:19

    So enjoying your updates!
    May the wind be with you!🙂

    1. Viv says:
      06/03/2024 at 09:35

      Leuk om weten Veerle. We blijven rapporteren zolang the Starlink blijft werken. Wat een wonderding is dat!

  2. Marc says:
    05/03/2024 at 16:12

    Fantastic!

  3. Nicole Meul says:
    05/03/2024 at 11:50

    Dat ziet er daar superlekker uit!😋

    1. Viv says:
      05/03/2024 at 12:42

      We doen ons best Nicole. De Kapitein moet gevoed worden.

  4. MARC DE RUYTE says:
    05/03/2024 at 11:48

    Prachtige foto van de spinakker – parasailor Viviane.
    Welk voordeel heeft eigenlijk de opening in het midden van de parasail?
    Geniet van deze overtocht, hopelijk met niet teveel luwtes of ruwe zee en goede “ douwnwind”.

    1. Viv says:
      05/03/2024 at 12:45

      “In die opening zit een strook waardoor de lucht wordt geduwd, die zet zich open als een kite en op die manier houdt het de hele parasail bol. “ Aldus mijn kapitein. Ik vind het ook een prachtig zeil om naar te kijken.

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