Agua Dulce - Log Day 11 – Halfway there

It’s hard to believe we are actually into double digits for days at sea. Right now, I think of this as two trips – Part I with no wind heading south toward Cape Verde Islands and Part II with lots of wind heading west toward our ultimate destination. Part I definitely seemed longer than Part II.

Winds have remained steady from 16-22 knots mostly from the ENE, but starting to move around to the E, and even a little from the ESE. The swells are still 6-8 feet, but very gentle and rolling. If they would just come from the same direction as the wind, it would cut down the rolling more on board.

We had some bubbly cava from Spain this afternoon in the sunshine to celebrate being over halfway there! We have crossed the 1400NM to go mark. We enjoyed some of the great Spanish cheese and Iberian ham with our cava – a perfect way to celebrate the occasion.

We haven’t been fishing for the last few days since the boat has been so rolly. It’s probably not a great idea to clean a fish with a sharp filet knife on the deck of a boat in constant motion, so we’ll wait until the seas calm down a little before we put the lure out again.

It’s definitely getting warmer now. The days are warm, and the evening breeze is even warm now.