We have entered the Tropics. Today, we finally got into the HEAT! Today, was boiling hot on decks with minimal apparent wind. We caught a small mahi-mahi, which we would have let go but had already ripped its jaw out. Completed three plastic trawls and found very little plastic, and more marine life. Last night was filled with rainy squalls, nothing terrifying but enough to keep all the cushions and bums wet!
Date: 5 July 2010
Time: 1800
Lat: 23.68 N
Long: 151.12 W
Boat: 5.0 knts at 230 deg T
Wind: 13.0 knts at ENE
Distance to Maui: 342 nm