Sail Repair and Swordfish Sightings

Today was another day of beautiful light-air sailing, so we used the downtime to repair the tear in the spinnaker. No doubt we would be using it again. Paul had a small roll of red sail tape that matched the color of the sail. Tape jobs never look perfect, but this one was pretty respectable. Having the surfboard to use as a repair bench was a big help.

Many boats motored during last night's calm and were ahead of us in the morning. By evening, we had sailed our way to the front of the pack again.

Ray saw a swordfish (or marlin, or some kind of five-foot-long fish with a spike for a nose) jumping out of the water 30 yards from the boat. I couldn't see the fish from my side of the boat, but I saw the splash and heard the subsantial thud it made hitting the water.  Luckily it jumped three more times so I could see it too before going out of sight.

Forty miles to Bahia Santa Maria now. We should arrive around 3:00a tonight.