Marquesas Inbound Day 6

Hi everyone,
At noon today we were at 06 31S 106 28W steering 245M, sailing under single-reefed main and full yankee at 5 knots.  The wind was 11G15 from the ESE.  Our noon UTC-6  to noon UTC-7 distances were 125nm by the log and about 150nm over the ground.  Overall we've logged 2013nm and 2160nm respectively.  Our distance to go is 1935nm. We've passed the half way mark!

On the bow

Yesterday afternoon I took a walk around the boat with our Insta360 camera.  It was a good opportunity with lighter winds calming the seas a little.  The photo above is from that expedition.  I disposed of a large number of flying fish and checked rigging, shackles, pins etc and also looked for chafe.  All good.

We had a mostly clear sky overnight.  It was fun watching the constellation Scorpio rotating above us as the night wore on.  We originally understood our boat class was called ST10.4.  Then it became clear it was more widely called a ST34 in Japan and the ST range of boats were called Stingers.  Their logo is a scorpion.

Double-reefed main at night

Sailing into the dark

Today we celebrated passing the half-way mark and also Nicki's birthday.  We had a tot of rum ourselves and gave one to King Neptune in the hope of continuing good weather.

Cheers!

Trust all's well where you are.