20 Years Ago Today -- April 11, 1996 -- Day 3
Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 11:54PM Thurs. 96-04-11 - Day 3 - 20° 32' N 107° 46' W Log: 140nm
Up at 1600Z (~11:00 local). Still not completely over that slight nauseous feeling. I made fried eggs with cheese in a tortilla for my breakfast.
Mostly high cloud today. Water is a deep beautiful blue today. Yesterday's was similar, but more grey (gun-metal). I saw a number of schools of flying fish jump out of the water, and once saw the pursuing tuna follow them into the air.
Very light winds since late morning, but still making some headway under sail alone. Motored 1.5 hours in late PM to charge batteries, but wind still very light afterwards. Sailed at 1 knot or less until about local midnight, with no steerage at all for 1/2 hour. In early hours, wind shifted to light W - WNW and we got some OK sailing in after that.
John cooked beef, fried sort of like tampiqueña for supper. Overnight watch was so quiet I heard lots of dolphins breathing on the surface, and saw the silhouettes of two in the bioluminescence beside the boat.
Mexico, Sailing, bioluminescence, dolphins, flying fish in Boating, Travel