The ocean turned blue

200 miles south of Homg Kong, the South China Sea suddenly turns a dark blue…a brilliant dark blue. The ocean depth goes from 75 meters to 500+ meters. its also very salty. The choppy wind waves dissipate in the deep water swell dominates the view.. It's a very peaceful place.

There is no wind and we are motoring. Our course is to the right (west) of the rhumb line. The forecast is for heavy winds from the southwest tomorrow.

I jumped in the water to clear a fishing line from the prop. The water and air temperature are now 90 degrees. The entire crew jumped in to cool off.

Fishing net. 1 hour 4 people. 90 degree water.
One sweltering no wind afternoon the crew jumped in for a swim in the azure blue water. The 90 degree water was a slight relief Just as we were starting to get out Steve discovered a fishing net wrapped around the port daggerboard. It took all 5 of us about an hour to pulling and pulling and winching and lifting the board up and down to get the net off. Two in the water and two on deck. I am not surprised this happened…considering how many fishing boats we passed.Read more