The answer is blowing in the wind

Last night we once again had a spectacularly good sailing session. The
stars were shining bright, a few shooting stars as well and early this
morning the moon started taking over the show, even if it is just
quarter moon. It looks like we may just make it to St. Lucia on
Saturday. We will spend Sunday there filling our watertanks, doing a few
preventative maintenance tasks on the boat, a little bit of shopping and
free internet to catch up with the latest news around the world.
Greatest bonus is ofcourse a skype session or two with our families and
friends. We also will be collecting an oil extractor pump that one of my
fellow skippers left there for me. We need this to service our motors
and threw it away by accident in St.Helena. Fortunately we have had
phenominal good winds and have very little hours on the motors and our
second service is still far away. We will probably leave at about
midnight on Sunday to make an early morning entrance into St.Vincent
where we are also collecting a few essentials which we can only get on
Monday. We are nearly halfway through our journey and the boys can't
believe how quick time is flying. Monday we will also depart for Panama
and should be there in a week's time.

Nauti term for today 'Whistling for a Wind'. To hope for the impossible.
It was the sailor's superstition thatbhe could call up the desired wind
by whistling, a belief still current amongst some yachtsmen. Yet
whistling on ships has either been forbidden or discouraged for many
years. There are a number of reasons; it can be confused with orders
piped on the boatswain's call (or whistle); it was said to be the signal
for the commencement of the Mutiny of the Nore 1797;p and because it is
generally felt that whistling brings too much wind - a storm in fact. It
is held to be unlucky for actors and stage hands to whistle backstage.

Our position at 6am was 09*08'N/055*29'W. Nick has just taken watch over
from me and it looks like we are in for a great day, which is just
starting to colour the skies with hues of soft peach turning lighter
into a powder blue. A few clouds are floating around, the sickle moon is
nearly above us and I have to run to go and let the lure out. Conditions
are looking perfect to catch a fish today.

Take it easy

Captain Paul