Day 12 - Typical Day at Sea

We are still just running with the spinnaker!  Surfing down the foamy waves is perfect, and very comfortable.

So a day in the life of Lil' Explorers goes something vaguely something like this: Around 6am I usually get up, check our course, the wind, and confirm the electronics are all working.  Then outside to see what the day looks like.  Since we are quite close to the equator the sun rises and sets around 6am and 6pm respectively.  We usually get an extra blast of wind around sunup and sundown and whenever a squall passes nearby. Since we are running the spinnaker it is important to maintain a heading downwind as the wind is quite strong, and would whip the spinnaker to ribbons in an instant! (per Loyal) if we would go broadside the wind.

Then it is hot oatmeal with the whole family out in the cockpit, with one of the children telling some fantastic story of one of their dreams, or how they named the new flying fish some crazy name that makes everyone laugh.  Then it is time to check in with the fleet that we met in Panama and the Galapagos (buddy boats). We do it on the Ham radio with everyone giving their position, swapping fish stories, and discussing the weather.

Well maybe we will cover more of the day in future updates. I guess the day is longer than I remember!!

Courage