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Overseas Express - LOG 5 Galapagos - Marquesas Transit 1



LOG 5 Galapagos Marquesas Transit 1

This transit started Tuesday 1st March from Santa Cruz Puorto Ayora on the Galapagos, and goes directly tol Hiva Oa, one of the Island in the Marquesas archipelago, a distance of 3000Nm, which is a bit longer than the Atlantic crossing. This transit will last between three and four weeks.

We started 1200 hrs on 1 March, all four Tor Odin, Kirsten, Eric and myself. The wind was good, so we sailed the first 12 hrs, then the wind was gone. We were motoring the next two days, through the wind still and rain with the swells from the side. Convergence zone between the south and the northern trade wind belts, gives a lot of unstable wind from all directions plus rain showers and squalls. That lasted for nearly 500 Nm till today the 6th March 1200 hrs . Finally we have the stable  trade wind from south east between 10 to 15 kts. We had much rain last night as well. We are now underway to Marquesas in the trade wind. But we have not got any fish, we are beginning to be desperate. We had a rom punch on Saturday evening to boost up the moral.

Alex 

Skipper on Overseas Express



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