San Diego to Nuka Hiva Day 11-13 <http://kosmos.liveflux.net/blog/2007/05/14/san-diego-to-nuka-hiva-day-11-13 /> Position and Time: N 06-49 by W 132-58 at 1722 UTC, 1784 miles from San Diego Average Speed and Course: 6.1 knots, 212 degrees true, 1600rpm Wind: 15 knots at 270 degrees relative Waves: 6-8 foot swells at 10 seconds, 4-6 foot wind waves. On Tuesday evening, after we sent the last update, the seas became significantly rougher and it tried to rain. By tried to rain I mean that it would drizzle for a few minutes, stop for a while, then drizzle for a few minutes, and so on. That lasted for 36 hours. This meant we had to keep the boat all closed up. When we closed the boat up on Tuesday night it quickly became warm and uncomfortable without the ocean breeze to cool us off. So, Wednesday and part of Thursday we turned on the generator so we could run the air conditioner. We took advantage of the generator being on and did some laundry. Oddly enough, after the rain started, we saw the sun peek through the clouds quite a bit, sometimes getting sun & drizzle simultaneously. There was a large rainbow off the starboard bow (translation for those that dont speak boat: right side of the front of the boat) both days. Another oddity is that we saw more birds after it began drizzling than we have seen in days. And, thankfully, there was no lightening at all. No ships or sailboats, either. On Wednesday, Richard caught a fish! The first fish caught aboard Kosmos! Eric bravely batted the 7 pound Mahi Mahi to death. Christi shielded her eyes, then she went inside before the bloodshed began. Richard made us a family style fish dinner. It is by far the best fish Christi and Eric have ever tasted. The fresher the fish, the better it tastes and you dont get any fresher than minutes from line to oven. We also have had 4 flying fish land on the boat over the last couple of days. Last night we were able to see the stars for a few hours. There was no moon, so the stars were amazingly bright. Today we are getting real rain and the seas are some of the roughest we have experienced yet. Hopefully, this storm will pass quickly. The forecast is for calmer seas near the equator. Life on this passage has been totally opposite from land life. Before, we were in non-stop, high speed preparation mode for this trip. Now, the ever present motion and recent heat/humidity has made us all lethargic  more so than we would have expected.