Author Archives: Richard Hewson

Galapagos to Marquesas We had some nice down wind sailing yesterday afternoon, and hooked a large 10kg tuna in the late afternoon again turning the cockpit into a blood bath. The freezer is well stacked, but a couple of Mahi Mahi would be nice to add to our latest provisions. Wind became lighter overnight, andContinue reading “Sunday Island Day 17”

A hot and humid night resulted in very poor radio propegation, so we could not download weather or send our blog. The humidity continues today, and it is stifling hot. Sea water temperature has reached an all new high of 29.4*C. Yesterday our batteries got to 39*C, unable to cool down from the water rushingContinue reading “Day 16 Galapagos to Marquesas”

Yesterday evening we were sitting down eating our Sunday pizza when the line went zing. After a good battle I landed a 12-15kg tuna – the biggest tuna we have caught so far on Sunday Island. The cockpit looked like a blood bath once we finished killing and filleting the big fish. Due to theContinue reading “Day 15 Galapagos to Marquesas”

17 MRCH 2024 Sunday is Pizza day and we have now been at sea for 2 weeks. Average speed 7.1kts. Yesterdays GRIB file weather download did not give good news. There is some very unsettled weather up ahead, and a band of very light wind will pass us early tomorrow morning. I wonder if theContinue reading “Day 14 Galapagos to Marquesas”

16 March 2024 Another sunny day with fabulous downwind cruising. Our resident boobie sits on the spreaders and watches over the circus. We listened to the ARC ralley sked this morning and decided we are once again “lucky” with the weather, and have picked our routing well. ARC yachts are 120nm further north, have aContinue reading “Day 13 Galapagos to Marquesas”

15 March 2024 Brilliant down wind sailing today. The sun is out and breeze is fresh. The sun feels really hot today, and down below is sweltering combination from crew, sun, engine running to charge batteries after the last few overcast days, and oven baking fresh bread and cookies. Yesterday a Red Footed Boobie tookContinue reading “Day 12 Galapagos to Marquesas”

14 March 2024 Yesterday we had fansastic sailing conditions with sunny and dry conditions, but the wind could not decide if it was coming from the South East or East, so the sail plan was in constant adjustment. This morning at 5am a small front passed over and the wind veered to the SE, andContinue reading “Day 11 Galapagos to Marquesas”

13 March 2024 Beautiful sunny day today. A morning of washing and drying sheets and underpants. Sunday Island has a bit of extra sail area with the sheets hanging from a line on the boom. Emilie had a busy morning in the Galley cooking cookies and muffins.. yum yum yum and sorting through the remainingContinue reading “Day 10 Galapagos to Marquesas”

12 march 2024 Another beautiful day sailing in the Pacific. From midnight the wind swung ESE and we cruised down wind “wing on wing” for the morning. At sunrise the wind swung back to the SE and increased throughout the morning to 22 kts, also increasing the sea state, resulting in a few waves wettingContinue reading “Day 9 Galapagos to Marquesas”

11 March 2024 Squally conditions abated yesterday afternoon. We had another Marlin take the lure at sunset.. we are now seriously low on lures, and saving the Mahi/Tuna lures for inter island Marquisis sailing. Presently trailing a small blue squid, however sailing 7-8 kts is a bit fast for Mahi and small tuna, so noContinue reading “Day 8 Galapagos to Marquesas”