Sorry to have been so quiet for the last several days - we spilled coffee on the navigation/email computer in the middle of the night and effectively killed it. It took several days to get email working on the other computer - but we're back!
Here is the computer in better days showing us going through the locks of the Panama Canal.
We left you with me whining about being wet. Well that was pretty much the end of the rain and since then we have enjoyed classic trade wind sailing with winds that go day and night from the same direction and the same force. I haven't touched anything for more than 24 hours. Right now we are sailing dead downwind with the jib poled out on the spinnaker pole on the opposite side from the mainsail. The autopilot steers and we read, cook, write emails, fix things, and practice our singing.
We have 260 miles to go before we get to Isla Mujeres and so should be there in about a day and a half. We have been doing 150 to 180 miles per day, which is quick for a 41' boat. One night we averaged 10.5 knots all night long - with a little help from the Gulf Stream. This passage is more than 1100 miles, non-stop.
This is a view out of our "bedroom window" showing the beautiful blue color of the gulf stream - very different from the bottle green of the Pacific. Normally, our porthole isn't under water, but when a wave comes along, it buries for a few seconds.
We've seen a few ships, but otherwise little sign of life. We had a dolphin visitation yesterday and this morning I saw a bird, but that was it. One thing that has surprised me. I haven't seen a single shark since we left home. I used to see them around Catalina all the time, but not anymore. We saw a crocodile in the Panama Canal - that was exciting. He was big!
We're looking forward to some "dock time" at Isla Mujeres and, if we get time, will do the tourist thing and go see some Mayan Pyramids. We really like Mexico. Don't forget to write.
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