slither of moon, set between Venus and Jupiter from our point of view.
An hour or so later the moon dissapeared on our western horizon and all
the stars came out to play. As if to celebrate the new moon, some of
them were having such a great time that they were falling all over the
place, leaving long streaks of light tails behind them. Falling stars,
shooting stars, disastars, super novas, they were all having a ball.
March is nearly over, and those who survived the equinox, well done, the
next one is in September. March and September are known to be the two
most hectic months of the year, ask anybody that works at the ER.
On our side, our progress is greatly enhanced by excellent current and
favourable winds. This is now the 4th day in a row that we are sailing,
throwing our twin headsails to the wind. On our sugar scoops at the back
we have a small algae forest flourishing and a little community of
barnacles having also taken residence there. The sugar scoops on a
catamaran is the back end of the two hulls that steps down to the water
level. Amazing to sit and watch these barnacles open and close, fanning
their tentacles in search of micro organisms to feed on. In a way it
makes it less sterile out here, having a little garden with live
creatures sharing the boat with us. At the end of the trip we shall
remove them, but for now, they are an example of the tenacity of life
and the will to survive. We haven't given them individual names yet, but
another week or so on the sea and in the sun I think we may just be in
the right frame of mind to do such a thing. I am already starting to
think that good names for our barnacle friends would be Boet, Bill,
Barries, Barney, Ben, Baptista and for the females Betty Davis,
Beatrice, Bonny, Blondie , so on and so forth.
Our position is 07*14'S/115*41'W. 2200nm to Tahiti. Wishing you a great
week ahead.
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