I could not believe my eyes this morning – there was another boat way far off on the horizon!  It is always exciting to see another boat (as it is for everyone else) because it is proof that there is another form of life out on this big, blue water road.  It is very easy to let the “smallness” overwhelm you as there is so much water in every direction and no boats, no planes, no cell phones and very little communication.  It is really hard to describe this feeling other than “smallness” and seeing another boat can break that spell.

We got some wind today, through up the main with the first reef and were ticking off the miles toward St Lucia when BOOM – the reefing line broke (too much load on her).  Once the reefing line broke, the sail filled and popped the lazy jacks, dropping the boom on the cockpit cover (barely missing our solar panels) and blanketing the starboard side of the boat with the main. It was a frightening sound, experience, and sight.  It took us over 1 ½ hours to re-rig the sail, sail bag and lines and somewhere in the middle of all this process we managed to get the fishing lines wrapped around our props and a printer leaked toner all over the bottom of the closet and some of my clothes – tough day.