[password] beeskiff
[position] 25 32.700s 158 54.870e
[status] The sails came down mid morning today and we motored for a few hours in little wind. In the afternoon we got a bit of a south easter and sailed nicely in a smooth sea and light but constant 8 knots with wind just forward of the beam.
Over the Capel bank we saw some vigorous fish action and changed course to investigate. It was a ball of tuna with about 6 sharks herding the fish. An amazing sight as we got really close and could see the sharks and fish clearly. I have never seen anything like it, one shark had it?s head out of the water like a dolphin!
Despite motoring right through the boil a few times we only had one brief nibble on a lure, I think the tuna were trying to avoid the sharks and not interested in eating.
Sundowners on the side deck finished a beautiful day.
Tonight the wind has faded again and we have gone from motor sailing to sails down motoring, which we expect to continue until the wind hopefully fills in from the NE tomorrow afternoon. On the plus side we have hooked into some nice favorable current. Long term my calcs say there?s not much difference between closing the coast early for better current or direct shorter route, probably will decide based on the wind angle when it fills in.
[speed] 7.3 knots
[heading] 230T
[weather] 5 knots E, 10% cloud cover, 0.5m waves from the SE

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