Finally at 2:00 local time we pulled the anchor and left Panama!
At first the seas were glassy and we left under power. As we cleared Tabogo Island a nice fresh breeze picked up and we’ve been sailing ever since. The wind has dropped a bit in the evening but for a few hours we were reaching along averaging about 9 knots. Too bad it won’t old or we’d bein the Galapagos in five days! The forecast though is for lighter wind in a couple of days.
Early on a pod of what appeared to be small whales (rather than dolphins) swam past us but didn’t approach to closely. We didn’t think they were dolphins because of their size and the visibility of their breath, but they didn’t really come close enough to get a good look.
After a meal of Danielle’s Jamaican meat patties we settled in to listen to an audio book. As the sun set we heard…breathing, and splashing! A pod of dolphins joined us for about ten minutes of riding our quarter wake.
We are getting settled now and readying for a night of watch as we get back in to the rhythms of a long passage.
