20 Years Ago Today -- April 14, 1996 -- Day 6

Sun. 96-04-14 - Day 6 - 19° 00' N  110° 59' W  Log: 336nm

Up at 1700Z. Sailed through the Islas Revillagigedos, or "Revelling Gigolos" as the skipper of Markenurh calls them. Sailed south of San Benedicto and north of Socorro, at 5 - 10 miles off each. San Benedicto had steep bluffs on the south (visible) side. Socorro was much bigger (visible virtually from sunrise to sunset), tall and not steep, with the impression of large grassland areas.

Gorgeous cloudless day with 10 - 15 knots from the NW. Rather rolly at times as we got lifted to a beam reach. We logged about 109 miles on the log. Lottery: Dave: 105; John: 111; GPS: 101. Dave wins again.  2:1 for me. Today was kind of easy, as we could see exactly where we were.

Towed an orange squid lure all afternoon with no luck. Put a reef in at dusk but shook it out a couple of hours later. Made good time all day, but a bit slower this evening. John cooked hot dogs this evening. Our fresh food supplies are starting to dwindle.

Put on my headphones for a couple of hours on my first watch and listened to:

CD's: Mile Davis -- Amandla; Doo Bop.

Continued reading the Bourne Ultimatum. Oh yeah, spotted whales spouting south of us off the west coast of Socorro Island. Looked like puffs of black smoke.

Had a cockpit shower in mid-afternoon with a fresh rinse. Cold!