10 July 2007
Tuesday-Day 4 underway
Still going slow
S 12.11
W 141.32
1021UTC or 12:47 local
Squalls and wind, FINALLY going 6.2 knots, feels great. Batten down the hatches. How refreshing! Rinsed the laundry!
The winds only lasted for about three hours….ah, change was inevitable.
Back to slow mo…Whapp whaps during the afternoon. Grin and bear 'em, change is inevitable. We are over the Tropical Intercontinental convergence zone, which may explain our conditions.
By evening, we are entertained by more unusual phosphoresce; whole streams pass on our portside. Even with a torch/flashlight we cannot see what is making this stream on ONLY our portside of the boat.
The moon is late to rise so the Milky Way is stunning and the stars abundant and gorgeous.