Last night, we had to reduce sail because we saw many squalls with strong gusty breezes, so we hadn't made as much headway as we would have liked. Tonight, we have been sailing with the two headsails in >20 knots of wind, and making good time. At about sundown, we were sitting in the cockpit, enjoying Nemo's company as he deftly maneuvered Columbine around the waves. All of a sudden, I noticed a tall antenna and a bright yellow buoy approaching off the starboard bow! It looked like the kind of stuff my physical oceanography friends would have put in the ocean, cluttered with gear that measures water characteristics like temperature, current speed, and depth. "Look, Glenn! Science!" It's a big ocean, but a small world, I guess. Nemo steered us well clear of that floating obstruction.
Our current position is 9 deg 29.9' S; 149 deg 13.0' W.
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