up until 04:00am this morning we had quite a comfortable sail, moving with around 6.5kn.
from 00:00 onwards though the wind eased off too much to keep the sails up.
the waves caused the sails to flog heavily...a horrible noise.
we now keep the boat moving with our friend, the penta - even though without sails up the movement is not comfortable (the sails make the boat more stable) it is better then not moving at all.
the wind should come back to us saturday morning...lets hope.
apart form that the day and night have been quite uneventful - which is very good!
maloo is moving us towards the marquesas and we have a good time enjoying the view.
a friend reminded us that what we see is pretty much the same what all the sea farers before us saw - this is quite an interesting twist to it (thanks Cornelius!)
do we see the same as Cook and Darwin? out here i suppose so!
and now to a couple of answers to questions we've been asked:
1. how's the fishing going?
so far we haven't put the fishing line in, as neither mark nor i felt like fish. we have got a new rod though with a wonderful rapala-reel...i reckon, you would like our new set up, Michael.
Probably we'll have a go today!
2. are you in radio distance to Chili Cat?
at the moment we still are, which is unusual as we lost them on other trips after the first night. but this time we have about the same speed, which speaks for maloo to hold speed with a 44ft catamaran!, and we have the same course. it's nice to have a chat every now and then...let's see how long this will last for though. since this morning they are 6nm behind.
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