Oh my goodness, we had a great day.  We finally got the trade winds, through up the spinnaker and experienced the type of day that everyone told us about.  This is how the crossing is supposed to be, this is sailing!  My spirits have lifted just because the winds shifted.  There was no engine noise, no generator, water maker or washer machine – just the wind in our sails and the sea under our boat – perfect.  To top it off there was a gorgeous rainbow off the port side of the boat at the horizon – it’s like Mother Nature is telling us to have a great day.  We averaged about 20+ knots of wind, 10-12 knots of boat speed and great VMG.  We averaged about 30 miles per shift and hit a 200+ mile day.  Not many boats or sailors can say that they sailed a 200 mile day and we did it – thank God!

After 14 days of not being on my crack berry, phone or computer I finally decided to try to send an email to my family and friends as I was certain they wanted to hear from me.  During my shift, when the boat was floating across the waters, I climbed onto the noisy navigation chair and tried to type.  First it was weird trying to remember where the keys were on the key board, and then I had to adjust my stance to accommodate the shifting of the boat as that shifts the keyboard.  Once I got into a rhythm it flowed and it felt amazing. It was good to share my thoughts and feelings, but probably not so good to be as honest as I was for the first communication.   After that I got productive online as there were a lot of things that I needed to do too: cancel cookie baking day, extend the day care for our home and fish care, alert my work of our delay and make sure some tasks were completed, and reschedule all of our flights.  Once I got that all done I went back to my shift to enjoy the spinnaker sail.  It is part of my personality; I like the check list and today was a good day to √ things off the to-do list!