Day 2 Galapagos to Marquisis

> 5 March 2022

> Sunday Island continues to motor SE towards the trades. The GRIB files shows the trades getting further and further away! Soon we will turn west towards French Polynesia. >
> We have been keeping well onboard. The kids normally sleep in the aft (our) cabin during passages, but because the sea is like glass, in fact calmer than when we were at anchor, Issy & Max remain in their cabin. In all respective purposes we are living a normal day doing school, playing, maintenance, and creeping forward at 6kts towards our destination. >
> Yesterday afternoon we studied science, talking about the water cycle, weather, tides and currents. We also touched on the basics of navigation, sun and moon orbits etc. >
> During my night watch I cleaned and serviced the watermaker which was only producing 16LPH. The flow is better now 18 LPH but not the optimal 20 LPH. We cleaned all the components inside the boat this morning. After cleaning we did a Man Overboard Drill, and I jumped in to clean the water intake. The sea was perfect, limitless, blue, deep, and 29*C. The man overboard drill went well, and everybody made sure all scenarios were performed. Our “man” was recovered safely. (Mum says “just as well”!) >
> I have modified our HF antenna to give us better signal. The antenna is now 16m long from deck to the top of main mast.

> Yesterday afternoon we had great signal from Costa Rica. >
> Hopefully this evening the wind changes from the NE to the SE and we can set our sails.

(Edit : As Sunday Island is somewhere in the Pacific & there is very limited internet, therefore I am not getting photo bombed daily, I am attaching a photo of Sunday Island taken in 2022 in the Med.). (Lyn, Mum)