DAY 5 FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

DAY 5 FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES  2390 nautical miles to go.

 

Well all the days are starting to blend into 1 now.  Lost track of the day/date etc...  The routine is really becoming a routine.  We used to feel aprehensive going into the night now we look forward to it as time goes quicker when you are sleeping.

 

Unfortunately our morale was damaged today.  We started to rotate our fresh fruit and vegetables only to find most of the carrot's, capsicum's and nearly all the pineapples had gone rortten.  The sea is a harsh environment-just the slightest salt air content accelerates the deterioration of food.  This all came as a huge blow as we hoped to have fresh food for 2 weeks.  Now we will be lucky to last 1 week.  Good thing we are not vegetarian. 

 

The wind has also dropped right off.  We were lucky to get 5 knots during the night.  The swell has reduced but it is still very rolly.  We do not notice the roll now it is all part of the routine.  We are continuing west until we regain the direct track from Galapagos to Marquesas in aproximately 4-5 days.  Then we will come slightly left.  We hope the swell will run with us in the last 1/3rd of the journey. 

 

We have seen no other boats or humans for 5 days, a very strange feeling.

 

Those of you who follow us on spot-do not be surprised if it stops updating.  Other cruisers have informed us that in this remote area there are gaps in coverage-we will still update the blog though.  If spot does stop we will put lat/long's on the blog each day.

 

4 Squid, 1 fish on todays deck count.