Category: salty tales

April 26 2015

0930 UTC

7 01.8 N

122 06.7 W

doldrums

convergence zone

ITCZ

its all the same

engine on

low RPMs around 800 for fuel economy

motor sailing with 110 genoa

tinkering with sheet trim

balancing shape

do not desire drag from over hardening

we wish to harness enough wind

to boost SOG 1 kn

up to the high 5s

dreary cumulus smother shining half moon

hazy windows to heavens float by

twinkles of outer space flirt in and out of perspective

cloud to cloud lightning fire

crooked sparks spontaneously illuminate dark masses

no thunder heard

calmly confused 1’ mostly NE seas

we head dead south

7 degrees to go

longing for those idyllic SE trades

to blow us happily ever after to the Marquesas

surfing downwind

swell carries us down

boosts our speed

cradles and rocks us along

chasing our stern

yellowtail drafting our wake

playing in kicked up ocean dust

weaving over and under our wake

unpredictable patterns to and fro

bio luminescence

sparkling underwater

agitated waters glow

powerful strokes electrified

paddling into light

on a new moon night

yummy times

on SV Naoma, twoafloat.com

isla socorro (in the background of the picture above) // early april // 2015

50’+ visibility warm waters

straight down to the sculpted sand bottom

rainbow sprinkled with rocks and fish