B2G - Day 2

9AM Position Report

Nothing very exciting.

At 10AM yesterday morning, the wind dropped to less than 5 knots and we elected to start up the engine to try and make some headway. We motored, with the main up, until 7AM this morning, keeping the RPM low to try and conserve fuel, averaging a little more than 4 knots. The seas remained very quiet, with swells less than 3 feet, and no winds over 5 knots. In the early morning hours we encountered about a knot of west-setting current that slowed us down considerably, however the wind came up to 8 to 9 knots and we were able to turn off the engine and start sailing on a broad reach at around 2 knots. We are not getting anywhere fast.

Last evening, a red-footed booby (bird) landed on our starboard spreader and spent the night crapping on our solar panels - it was a real mess this morning! This morning, when he relocated to our pulpit, I was able to go up and push him off and he reluctantly flew off somewhere else for now.

Distance made good so far is 168 nautical miles. A long way yet to go.

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