Well, here we are after about eight hours of steaming. We did not quite make it as far as we had hoped due to a little electrical problem! 

We left Huatulco at 07:30 this morning and the moment we turned left out of the natural harbor, sloppy seas with a steady 20-Knot wind greeted us. About an hour and a half into our journey the winds started picking up, white caps started appearing and the colour of the water became even greener. In other words, we were getting into Tehuantepec country. Wispy seas indicated force 6 winds with worse to come. STARSHIP was heading directly into the waves, which made for a lot of pitching and the traditional heavy spray onto the wheel house windows. We also broke the STARSHIP speed record, by making 12 knots over ground at times, thanks to a strong current. Although the conditions were slightly uncomfortable the STARSHIP did well and it was also a great feeling to be "amongst it".  I have always had a penchant for severe weather.

None of us were very impressed, as this whole scenario in the prevailing conditions could have proved to be very dangerous. Luckily, the breakers that were damaged did not feed any very critical elements of the ship(only one of two watermaker i.e.).

In the mean time Ib and Michael pulled out every deck light and resealed them properly with 3M Silicon to ensure this would not happen again. We then turned STARSHIP around and back into the wind and seas. This whole nightmare cost us almost two hours and a little confidence. The conditions made it difficult to ascertain the exact damage done, and so Michael decided to pull into Salina Cruz, drop anchor to look at the panel more closely and rest for the night.  Winds have definitely picked up.  Even at anchor this evening we had  gust over 60 kn !

Best regards