Green in the Blue

Brian woke before I did, with the sun. I revel in sleep, perhaps because its light and interrupted, of low quality and I have to make up with quantity. Coffee and cornbread over a game of Crazy 8 Countdown (I won, again), and we’re thinking about the past month…time has ticked away strangely…a morning seems like eternity ago when looked back at from the eve of the same day, whereas it seems like we left Mexico only a few days ago. We both agree, this is a looooong time at sea on a boat.

We began our work day sorting out anchor chain, rode, shackles and the like that we’ll need TOMORROW!! GPS countdown is averaging 24hours away…

“Every flower’s got a right to be bloomin, stay human.” Michael Franti

Furuno reads:

22:14

6.4 kts

198°

RNG: 84.5 nm

TTG: 13:13

ETA 10:00

We are a-cruisin along, an afternoon restful with our pineapple brew, speaking of the foreign land we shall encounter tomorrow…foreign due to its locale, language, culture and oasis-like situation compared with our blue world… We are about to touch down in green town, lush, verdant, shadowy, mysterious forests, valleys, villages, ruins, people… Not only will these rocks be a stark contrast to our known world for the past month, they will be a 180° difference to the life on land that we have been raised and grown accustomed to…exciting!!!

Brian changed the hook on this neon green squid lure and just before dinner got a hit. Looked like a big one, skirting the surface behind Kayak, its fatal mistake a tempting bite of the green decoy, seduction…a large dorado / mahi mahi was on the line.

I went to sleep with visions of fresh fruit dancing above my head, a course to skirt around Hiva Oa’s eastern point and dreams of tomorrow…

@ 7pm

8° 04’ S

138° 27’ W

Traveled 135 nautical  miles

~5 – 6 knots / hour

Breakfast: Cornbread

Lunch: Apple, granola

Dinner: Rice, savoury beans, dorado

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