With 2461 miles to go, our day's run was 108 miles, with 106 of those miles "made good" (in the direction we wanted to go). We are still sailing close hauled in 15 to 20 knot breezes. The wind has shifted more to the north, but we are still sailing about 13 degrees south of the desired heading. We are hoping the wind will continued to veer as, in fact, the weather forecast indicates that it should.
The high point of this 24 hours was a visit by a blue footed boobie, a sea bird with long elegant wings but with a rather comical face. Our boobie landed on our solar panels and rode for a few minutes. I did not want the bird to stay very long, however, as boobies are notorious for fouling the decks and appendages of boats with their excrement and boobie poop all over the solar panels would definitely hinder their performance. Not wanting to have to climb up on the stern arch in a seaway to clean the panels, I asked Gay and Pete to shoo the bird away. The boobie was hard to get rid of, and it kept coming back, only to have every attempt met with waving arms and seat cushions. It even tried to land on the leech of the mainsail, but could not hold on and could not avoid bumping its wings into the backstay. Ouch!
Our current position, at 1800 UTC on June 5, 2012, is 21 44.524 N, 113 49.457 W.
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