Are We There Yet?

Day Three, Thursday, July 2, 2009

We had a fabulous "record" day covering 172 nautical miles our first full 24 hours. We have been sailing the entire time, and it looks like the weather forecast is going to be very kind to us.

Everyone, with the exception of Peter, is still trying to find our sea legs. Peter is oblivious to the rolling sea and just walks around with a big smile on his face saying "isn't life great". Shelby made her offering to the sea yesterday, but is fine as a fiddle today and already busy with her Sudoko puzzles. She is planning on baking cookies later today, so she is in great spirits.

Doug may not be seasick, but rather he thinks he might have the flu, which has knocked him for a loop. I"m sure he'll be up and around soon. Fortunately, our self-steering wind vane, Max, has been doing all the work on the helm, so it has been pretty easy, breazy for us crew. We haven't really been eating much either, so we've only done one kitchen clean up this morning while heeled over at about 15 degrees. Managed to spill water all over the cabin and break our plastic salad dish when Max disengaged and the boat went rocking and rolling. Just added confirmation for not having anything glass on on the boat.

At sunset, Shelby saw her first group of about 7 dolphins, so she was pretty happy. All night long we were accompanied by a pair of night gulls. Shelby and I did deck clean up again this morning and offloaded 14 dead squid. No flying fish though. Shelby got up early to share the sunrise on my watch. Very magical out here. The day looks like it is going to be another beautiful, sunny day with the wind starting to come more from behind than abeam, so the heeling should be reduced. QuickStar continues to thrive in this weather and is rewarding us with 8 - 10 knots of speed. Halldo, Peter says you'll have to come back to enjoy this point of sail instead of the bashing over you did to get to the Galapagos.

We'll check in again tomorrow.