Day Number Nine

We had a pretty lumpy night last night as we had swell coming from the south and the north, creating very confused seas, as well we had 20 or better knots of wind from another direction, for more effect. Our seasoned crew members sleeping in the front of the boat both came up whining about uncomfortable sleeps(I guess we need to make them more margaritas before bed time!). One of our crew guys is mimicking a lobster now as he did not heed warnings about how strong the sun is out here. But we are finding these guys from B.C. tend to not listen very well. We celebrated our half way mark last night with a bottle of wine after our fine dinner of curried prawns and grilled mushrooms. Our speed is down a bit right now as we are pushing into a pretty stiff current, but in one more day it will have turned around and will be pushing from behind. Our position is 4.51.384 N and 123.09.701 W We have been running in and out of rain, this is because of un-organized squalls creating high winds for brief periods and then creates bigger waves. There is a zone that is called the ITCZ zone that roughly runs 4 to 6 deg either side of the equator and can be quite unstable with these squalls. But surprisingly, all in all the seas have been quite smooth being that we are in the middle of the ocean.. Our amusement has turned to watching for floating debris - and as you might expect there is a fair bit. We did spot a fishing boat out here last night- and almost missed the fact because of all the squalls on the radar, good thing he had his lights on!

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