Today we really started to feel the warmth from the trade winds despite the fact that, as I am writing this, we are about at the latitude of Tijuana, still relatively north from Hawaii. We traded the foul weather gear for shorts. Nobody is complaining. Note that while sailing we are wearing our life jacket, and we are tethered to the boat (the big yellow line).
Later in the day we started to get some sprinkles but nothing dramatic. The ocean is pretty big so seeing other boats is pretty rare but today was the exception. A big tanker heading to Korea came within 1 nautical mile from us. At our speed it is less than 10 minutes and at his speed just a few minutes.
Yesterday afternoon we saw the first flying fish, and sure enough there was one on our deck this morning. We normally get a lot more fish every morning, but the deck of Med Viking II is higher above the water than boats I have sailed before.
Starlink is really a game changer. We can make video calls with the family, download the full weather forecast and follow the latest political news