Battering Ram--Full Speed Ahead

Another day has ticked away with Avventura continuing to wage war with these nasty little tradewind swells. The wind has held steady at twenty knots from an annoying NNE direction all day gradually forcing us further west. The good news is in the weather forecast, which if it holds true bodes good for us in a couple days. Tomorrow may be another story with outright northerly winds called for, perhaps meaning it'll be time to turn east. The water temperature is dropping like a feather, but the air temperature is falling like a boulder with each night forcing me towards another layer. I fear tonight will call for long pants--something I haven't put on out of necessity since the last time I was in San Diego. Landed a tiny Mahi Mahi this morning, but let him swim away in hopes of catching his bigger brother, who apparently was also the smarter one because the lines have been silent since. Sunset approaches carrying with it the fear of more nighttime squalls. Those I will not miss. But these beautiful days of sunshine and steady wind are a whole other story.

June 19. 1830. 28.36N by 155.43 W

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