Hi All. Here we are on the Pacific 18 days in to our sail from Panama to the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. Here’s our position as of 0915 local time. Yesterday we went through our second time zone of the trip. We are now 7 hours behind UTC, making us 8 hours behind the UK as you guys have switched to British Summer Time. Its starting to get confusing keeping up with the right times.
Yesterday we celebrated my Birthday onboard. It was a lovely day of sailing as usual, but the wind and the sea state really picked up throughout the day, and by the evening we were getting chucked about like a cork, but a cork doing 9 knots!
Ailsa cooked up a feast for my birthday tea. Pearce Pie (one of our family favourites) with roast potatoes and sweetcorn and a chocolate cake for afters. Delicious, and all this whilst being down below in the galley with pans and stuff flying everywhere in the crazy conditions. Awesome!
Spirits are still high onboard. We seem to be speeding up a little as we are now well in to the South East trade winds that blow in this region. Taking each day as it comes, and enjoying the moment! Thanks to everyone who phoned and sent birthday messages!
Catch you again soon
Dom & Ailsa on Azimuth.
Did you nip down to Tesco to get the ingredient’s what is Pearce pie? If you told me I would have pop round for a quick pint or 2 or 7 made an evening of it