20 Years Ago Today -- April 10, 1996 -- Day 2

Wed. 96-04-10 - Day 2 - 20° 30' N  106° 35' W  Log: 75nm

Switched our watches to UTC. I got up about 1600Z and we both spent most of the day in the cockpit, with a nap each.

We erected a new sun awning over the aft portion of the cockpit to join the dodger to the backstay. This provided welcome shade.

After 16 hours of motoring, we finally got a breeze and sailed from 1800. We decided to use 1900Z as our reference "noon" for reporting progress. This position is given at top, with distance from Puerto Vallarta. My watch: 0200 - 0600Z and 0900 - 1200Z. Good sailing at 4+ knots overnight. Steered by stars (Orion) on 1st watch. Cloudy on second watch. Crossed shipping lanes.

I cooked pork chops for supper.