Patea

14m 2009 Beneteau First 45

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Posted: Wed, 8 Jul 2020 - 06:36

That current was certainly nice while it lasted, but the dream run is over for now and we now seem to be struggling to make hull speed, despite good wind, so likely dealing with a little adverse

Posted: Tue, 7 Jul 2020 - 06:42

We've had quite a kick from the current over the last 36 hours, from about 109W to 114W which has been awesome, and as of 1am local this morning Patea set new 24 hour records of 249nm OG and 227NM

Posted: Mon, 6 Jul 2020 - 12:27

We're back into the breeze, and with a little helpful current we are smoking along, sustaining over ten knots average all night long! Beeeeaauutiful! And one happy skipper! And no need to put the big

Posted: Mon, 6 Jul 2020 - 12:21

New 24 hour speed record for Patea! 237nm, and 214VMG miles -happy campers!!

Posted: Sun, 5 Jul 2020 - 13:36

HALF WAY!!!! Geographically speaking, that is! We should be over half way time wise, having been at sea now for almost 14 days, and with an estimated 13 days still to run! Saw our first fishing boat

Posted: Sat, 4 Jul 2020 - 08:24

All G yo

Posted: Sat, 4 Jul 2020 - 05:33

I spoke too soon! After our best ever 24 hour run of 227nm @ 1900 local last night (and 213 VMG), the wind and current have dropped! We are now 'drifting' along at a steady 6-8 knots SOG, with the

Posted: Fri, 3 Jul 2020 - 07:48

Still rolling, doing 220nm days and 210 VMG days - awesome! May it last for the next few weeks!

Posted: Thu, 2 Jul 2020 - 05:45

Over a third of the way there, as of last nightust with a mere 2589 miles left to go! The Mangos are still keeping us vitamin infused, and we have a few apples and oranges left, before the dried

Posted: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 - 06:03

Well hellooooo freight train! We're finally moving, and really well, on the South Equatorial Current, which is adding about 2-2.5knots to our boat speed. Which constantly reads >10 knots for the last

Posted: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 - 05:48

We have cleared the adverse current and are now transiting through the middle of the Galapagos Islands - we passed Isla Genovesa 3 hours ago, and are just passing within a half mile of Isla Marchena

Posted: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 - 04:48

And the wind continues to go around, and we are now close reaching in flatish conditions, out of the adverse current, and starting to pick the average speeds up over 6knots, hitting 9's on occasion

Posted: Sun, 28 Jun 2020 - 06:39

We're all still smiling, and now we're over half way to the Galapagos (390nm away so will hopefully pass through before sunset Monday night and get a glimpse), we feel like we are making progress

Posted: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 - 05:24

We are still fighting several knots of current and we celebrate whenever we (occasionally!) touch on 6 knots over ground - cant wait til the equatorial current were we should add 3-4 knots boat

Posted: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 - 04:27

Our planned plunge south has been thwarted by SSW wind of 16-20kn for the last 12 hours, so last night we tacked (for the 75 billionth time) and have been pounding our way into the steep chop heading

Posted: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 - 05:18

Although we have consistent breeze now, mostly between 8-15knots from the SW, its changing regularly, and occasionally wildly through S to W. So we are sucking it up and tacking with the wind

Posted: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 - 05:15

After the last couple of days of very light and fickle winds, the sou'westers kicked in last night, leaving us sailing tight to the wind and sailing south towards the equator. We'll try to get to 2

Posted: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 - 06:21

100 miles down, 3700 to go! Apart from the light wind, we've had an awesome first day, with breaching whales, a large school of dolphins hanging out beside the boat doing acrobatics and surfing the

Posted: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 - 07:00

Our last few days in Panama have been spent at this glorious little spot in the southern Las Perlas, gorging ourselves on the mangos that grow all over the place, and amassing mangos and coconuts for

Posted: Sat, 6 Jun 2020 - 13:18

We stayed on several occasions around the lovely islands of Mogo Mogo (where Survivor was filmed) and Chapera, and with plenty of healthy coral we dined most nights on fresh snapper, supplemented by

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