Day 6

Been a pretty good few days although a bit slower than the start. The wind died a little and came more from the East, or behind us so we lost a bit of speed but are still doing alright. Day 4 we made good 136nm, then 141nm and today only 126nm. It's been very cruisey sailing though except for last night when the wind died and we were rolling like crazy with the mainsail banging and cracking until we took it down and put up the 2 headsails at daylight. Just as we finished setting up that a rain squall came through with a big gust and a wave on the port side we broached a little and 3 cartons of eggs went flying from one side of the cabin to the other, big mess!! Now with the wind right behind us we are rolling a lot but we will no doubt get used to that, at least we are still making miles. The weather is sunny today, yesterday totally cloudy but it has warmed up a bit for sure and the water temp is now nearly 20 degrees. The current is now helping us a little also but the wind is light and we are only just making 5kts.
There were a few fishing boats south of the Galapagos but they have all gone now which is good. Had a freak out the other night, was watching Narcos season 3 with a big proper shoot out at the end and then hear a fisherman on the radio, he's talking to another fisherman in Spanish saying he can see lights to the right. We see his lights and then he switches them off and we know he's close but it's pitch black and can't see his little boat on the radar and with all that colombian drug war fresh in my head all I can think of is I really need a machine gun right now?!?! No more watching those shows at night
Also our stalk of bananas got loose the other night and smashed itself up quite bad underneath the solar panels but no need to worry as there's still 100 others ripe and ready to eat, can't remember ever eating so many at once. Bit disappointed with some of our other vege purchases, had to throw out a few rotten tomatoes, onions and limes they don't seem to be lasting the distance and are only just over a week old.
Caught a nice little Mahi Mahi the other day which has been feeding us well and also 4 little squids landed on the deck which we had for lunch yesterday, easy fishing!!
So let's hope the wind picks up a little and we can start making some good miles once again.
Position 03*32.800s 094*50.200w distance to go 2718nm