The wind had dropped a bit overnight, so after breakfast we furled the white sails and got out the colourful Parasailor. With 17-22 knots of wind it set perfectly and we picked up speed behind its straining bulge, with the big orange smile of the parafoil holding the spinnaker wide.
The temperature has warmed up noticeably and it's rather hot and sticky. No more fleece and long trousers on night watch...in fact I'd even resorted to a blanket in the cockpit a couple of nights ago.
I emailed the Royal Papua Yacht Club in Port Moresby and got a nice reply (albeit with one of those colourful logos that took 4 hours to download!). With more than 3,000 members and 130 people living on board their yachts it sounds like quite a busy place. I'm looking at the Louisades, an easterly PNG island group noted for its remote culture, and wondering whether we will make enough time to drop in for a day en route. The wind is expected to pick up strongly tomorrow so I expect we will race along.
Mark served the last of the wahoo as couscous-coated goujons for lunch today - so we need to start fishing again.
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