Day 12 Galapagos to Marquises
11 June 2011 | 09 24S 127 41W
David
652 miles to go, 218 miles toward destination this 24 hour period. A great day of sailing wing on wing with one reef in the main. Lots of surfs up to 18 knots as the wind has been blowing 25 knots for a couple of days now and occasionally a larger wave will come though.. Night time was not as enjoyable as I did not get much sleep worrying about the crew making a mistake and broaching her. Put the second reef in at sunset and then added the third at 9pm. She was still going to fast down some of the waves. But it's a bit like sleeping in a car while someone else is driving, you feel like you're about to go off the edge but the person driving does not feel the same and in fact everything is usually ok. And it was.