We sat together after dinner last night and watched a documentary movie about whales that was given to us by Keith on Atalanta. Emily has been listening to Beatles albums on a small disk player to pass the time. Another generation learns about good music!
Each day the Pacific reveals a new treat. We were greeted at sunrise this morning by a pod of about 40 pilot whales. They are small (about 15 feet) and they move much slower than dolphins. We could see them exhale air as they swam across our bow and seemed indifferent to our little ship. About mid-morning we saw another marlin having his breakfast. This time he was jumping clear of the water multiple times and no where near my lure.
We are all well and already wishing we were in the Galapagos. Our friends on Imagine just reported that their autopilot died and they are hand steering about 80 miles behind us. Hand steering is very hard on the crew and particularly so at night when there is no horizon to focus on. We are excited to hear that we are closing on Australia 31 and are within about 40 miles of them. We speak several times a day on the SSB and may actually see another boat soon.
Posted Via SSB
Tom
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