Day 6- Supersititions

If I was a superstitious man I would have to believe that my last entry claiming to found the wind was the primary reason for us losing the wind today. Since I’m not a superstitious man I think it makes it all the worse as I pour over as much weather info I can get my hands on.

I equate this type of sailing (chasing the wind you know must be close) to driving in traffic. Right nowI feel like I just want to keep the boat moving because it feels so much better to sail than it does to motor, (or to be stuck in traffic) but you are never quite sure if your round about route will get you home any sooner.

I must say that every twelve hours or so when I get a new Predict Wind weather route I feel like I am getting conflicting data. Sometimes the routes say I should go north of the rhumbline route and sometimes I should go south. Normally it isn’t a huge deal and you can stick to a route and go, however out here the southern leg is 150 miles further which is a whole days worth of travel, but if the wind is there and you can keep the wheels turning maybe it’s worth it.

Tonight we are going to dive south and see if the winds are a little more stable.

On the upside I was setting up the spinnaker today and climbed out on the pulpit to rig the tack line when I’m eye to eye with a dolphin just chilling in our bow wave. No pomp or fuss on his part, just catchinga ride as we motor along.

Plus we had a pretty awesome sunset so it ain’t all bad!

Position update at 1200 local time March 29, 2016:
18 27.351 N
118 13.645 W
132 nautical mile noon to noon run
2186 nautical miles to destination
3.0 Kt. SOG
316 COG