Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Wind! (or lack thereof)

Melinda and I are in the midst of a 3-knot windstorm (gusting to 4 knots). We've got clothes and diving stuff drying outside, so
it's nice not to have salt water splashing everywhere. A few minutes ago we put up the sails and I went out in the dinghy and took
some pictures of the boat. Here's one:

http://xpda.com/minnow07/undersail.jpg

I just download the wind forecast, and it looks like we won't see any wind over 10 knots between here and Panama. Unless we run out
of diesel and it takes over 6 days to get there.

We might stop in Providencia, a Colombian island 120 miles or so off the coast of Nicaragua, with a population of about 4,800. It's
a day or two away.

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