And we're off!

'twas a busy day today to get checked out of Mexico, get a few more fishhooks, take our last "endless water" showers for who knows how long, and do another tour of Zihuatanejo's 12+ hardware stores looking for 5/8" water hose (unsuccessfully)... oh well, it was just to re-plumb the forward head sink (the one hose run on the whole boat that I didn't replace during the re-fit!).

We said goodbye to our friends Jessie and Catherine, who are crewing on a boat bound for Costa Rica and Panama, got everything stowed away and cleaned up, the dingy on deck, the outboard flushed with fresh water, etc. etc, and pulled out of the bay just as the sun was setting.

It's beautiful sailing conditions - lots of stars, no swell and small waves, about 12kn west wind, so we're actually rather close hauled, but making around 5 kn aiming more or less for a point about 1830 miles away (5 degrees N, 130 degrees W) that is our approximate turning point to turn south and cross the intertropical convergence zone at a (hopefully) narrow spot. We've sailed 6.51nm, distance to go: 2846nm