Ugh, Panama is a LONG way off. The good news is that I am now at the half way point between Ventura and Panama. I’ve got 1,500 miles to go. The bad news is that I have no wind.
It is very hot, maybe 85 or 90 degrees (my thermometer broke yesterday when a spinnaker sheet caught it and broke it in half). I have maybe 2 knots of wind out of the north. I’m flying the spinnaker with a triple-reefed main. (For most of the night I had no main up. It just blankets the spinnaker. But I just tried triple reefing the main so that I catch a bit of the breeze lower down towards deck without blanketing the spinnaker.) I am making 2 knots at best. If this continues, that will be less than 50 miles in 24 hours.
The weather forecast is for more of the same for another week or so. So God only knows when I’ll get to Panama.
It is frustrating sitting out here just bobbing around in the heat. I have little shade on deck and it gets very hot down below. I guess I just have to tough it out for another 10 days and then hope I can find a little more wind further on.
Not much more to say right now. It’s pretty out here, but I don’t notice. I just want to move.
David