1400 Hrs. Local
Position: 06° 18 N 126° 39 E
Course: 080° Mag
Speed: 4.7 Kts.
Wind: ESE @ 5 Kts.
We are on a motor boat ride. Weather for next several days continues light wind. All is well aboard. We did manage to sail for a short time today during a squall but now it's gentle seas and sunny.
Leaving Samal island yesterday and heading down the gulf we had 20 Kts of wind on the nose and a slow trip. today at least we have no adverse wind and we are experiencing a favorable current of about 1/2 Kt.
We have plenty of fuel to motor but Miss Perky is having some minor oil leakage and we would really like a bit of wind to give her a rest and sail. Our new auto pilot is functioning properly though we did have a hard time remembering how to turn the unit on until I got the manual out. Now if we could figure out how to dim the display brightness night operation would be nicer.
Several ships have shown up on the AIS but nothing to close. So far we have seen no fishermen or the large floating fish attracting devices called FAD's.
All is well aboard
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