DAY 1: Departed Cochin

Cochin at 0640 UTC+5.5. Winds very light so motoring with main and staysail at 1,800 RPM. This is giving us about 5 knots boat speed, up to 6 in the occasional gust. Batteries already at 100% and now topping off water tanks and chilling the fridge and freezer with the excess electricity. Tons of rubbish and fishing installations (clusters of plastic bottles with a rats nest of nylon line underneath, so have to be alert at all times to avoid fouling the propeller. Not worth putting out a fishing line in this.

Position 10° 03.246′ N 76° 02.501′ E
COG 308T
SOG 5.3kt

Lat 10.054100: Lon 76.041683