05° 02.300' S
110° 20.100' W
There's an awful lot of water out here and not much of anything else. Apart from the first couple of days when we were still in sight of Vagabond, we have only seen one large container ship one night and tonight, we have another yacht in our sights but not sure yet who it is. We'll radio them in the morning to see if its anyone we know. The large ship we saw a couple of nights ago just HAD to be right on a collision course but we radioed them, they maintained course and we dropped down a few degrees to go behind them. That was the most action we've had all week.
The winds have been fairly steady and we've managed to maintain a speed of seven and a half to eight knots throughout the days which is good going.
Fish: we've had more luck on this front as well as Paul has caught a couple of Mahi Mahi (dorado) which is wonderful eating. We didn't even bother to put the lines out today - no more space in the freezer for now. Apart from these great catches, Calypso manages to snag her fair share of flying fish and offerings from the birds in the shape of dehydrated squid. We rescue the odd flying fish that lands inside the cockpit, but the smell is what usually gets us on the hunt elsewhere on the boat. Not pretty.
Conditions have been a bit bouncy so sleep is a little hard to come by. By the time we get to the first island, I should be a walking zombie and will probably want to sleep for a week. Now I know why so many others have got additional crew on board for this particular passage.
We still have 1375 nautical miles to cover before we hit Fatu Hiva, a long way but we're getting there.
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