Off the coast of Colombia

Position: 12.39, -73.98

Still making good time - another 200 miles or so in the past 24 hours. Hit a top speed of 14 knots today, sailing down a big wave.

You probably noticed the zig-zags in our route so far. The wind is blowing in the exact same direction that we want to go, however running directly downwind is not ideal. If we gybe, or zig zag our way downwind, we are actually able to go faster than if we went directly downwind. Even though it makes for more distance, we can make up the time (and then some) with our added speed through the water by gybing. So this explains why we did not take the originally planned direct line to Panama. Still think we'll probably make Colón, Panama sometime on Thursday.

We have a lure out the back for catching fish. Had one today but it got away as we were pulling it in. Last night we had a lure taken. If a fish is to catch us now, it will have to be an Olympic champion to catch us at the speed we're going today.