Loco

Sadly I did not get the opportunity to swim across the equator, not due to fears of being swept away as we were cruising at the dare devil speed of less than 2 knots, but due to the fact it was dark. Adventurer I may be but idiot I am not, at least with the benefit of daylight I might have seen the sharks coming. The Ocean looks awfully big when it’s black like oil and eerily calm so I chickened out. Talking of wildlife, we have seen almost nothing since the pods of dolphins we saw off the coast of Mexico right at the beginning of the voyage. Apart from the occasional bird and schools of flying fish we are sin wildlife. If I were am American I would sue David Attenborough for false advertising. Apparently there’s a good chance we’ll see some more stuff when we near land. I hope so.

I am a sleepy sailor today, having done the 8-10 last night my brain kept me awake until gone midnight then I was back on 2-4am. And then, as if your prayers were answered, we got wind at 5am, fast, boat rocking, bed shaking, sleep depriving wind. So we’re moving along at a good speed but I am tired as a badger.

That’s all for now. If all goes well we’ll be on the Marquesas in a few days. Please please please please (James Brown style).

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