Time warp

04 49.436 S 110 59.428 W

Day 18 from Panama to the Marquesas. 2,272 nautical miles of 3,800.

Not sure what the big hoopla is about sailing across the Pacific. Sunny days, no squalls, a cooling and mild breeze and a friendly sea state. The other day we even had games and a sundowner up on the foredeck as Halley was sailing us straight into the sunset. We’d like to credit our seasoned seamanship, but it is of course luck.

As nice as it is, we are in fact hoping for more wind to pick up the pace. Not to test the patience of the weather gods, but 5 or 6 more knots of wind would be welcome. And per the forecasts, more is coming in the next day or two. So will a building sea state. Silly comfy days may be over.

In the meantime, we are continuing the watch schedule and the routines we settled into early on. Days roll into nights and back to days again. It’s almost as if time is suspended or running on a different track. We’ve been out for 18 days, but if I had lost count and somebody told me it was only 5 days or already 30 days, I’d believe either.