Two days in a row

Yip, we have now been sailing for two days in a row. Tentatively at first, but ever so gently the wind and the current is
pushing us faster and faster. Started at just over 4 kts, crawled up to 5, then up to 6. And the best is yet to come. We
are expecting really good winds on the 25/26, and already we are doing well beyond what we expected. And to top it all, we
also landed our first dorado. A little baby one, but big enough to make an excellent meal mixed with rice and peas. It is
Nick's turn to cook tonight, so we shall see what he pulls out of the hat. It is also the first dorado Steven has seen since
he strted sailing with me nearly 30 000nm ago. We have landed some sizable tuna and big sailfish, but somehow dorado has
always eluded us. It is my favorite fish by far and have high hopes that we will catch an even bigger one soon.Then we can
have decent sized dorado fillets fried in butter. This little dorado is a veryn timely catch for us. Having soya beans a few
days in a row is starting to get a bit much, although we are eating healthy and making the most of it. The little dorado
though is a very welcome addition to our very healthy diet. And yes,it is the fourth day without tobacco and still the
craving for a cigarette pops up every now and then, but we are certainly not being edgy about it. On the contrary, we are
eating more. Steven baked a garlic bread today and made a pot of soup. It did not last very long and served as a late lunch
early supper. And for a late supper he made some delicious flapjacks. Strange order of events under normal circumstances but
convention out here does not carry much weight.

The nightskies are once again ablaze with stars dancing and pulsating each to their own beat, flashing their own colours.
Orion on his chariot is chasing Pleiades over the horizon inthis never ending quest to sink his arrow into the bull, behind
us the Southern Cross is showing us the four directions in case we get lost, and the Milky Way is as always a most awesome
highway through our galaxy. There is life out there, out here, beyond a shadow of a doubt. Not only life in different
dimensions, but also life as we know it. I have no interest in trying to convince you, you either know it or you don't. One
of my favorite shapes is spirals. You find them in hurricanes, all around the galaxy and also in your kitchen sink when you
let the water out. Energy is infinite, it will change shape and transform and evolve all the time, but in essence it never
ends. And your thoughts, your ideas, your feelings you project, are also forms of energy, and I wonder if you have any idea
how the ripple effect of your actions echoes throughout the universe. There is so much potential for harrmony, but we rather
feed our greed and fear our fate. We can sometimes be so very small and so very insecure. Totally self absorbed and
blindsided. I guess each to his or her or its own, our journeys are all unique, as unique as the snowflakes and as our
fingerprints. So yes, be free, be free to be the very best you can be.

Our position is currently 07*27'S/109*06'W and we are 1760nm from Fatu Hiva.

Hope you have a most wonderful weekend.

The Captain