Most people who know me, and anyone that has ever ridden in a car I was driving would be likely to agree with the statement that I have a heavy foot.I know we are not in a car, we are in a 40,000 pound sailboat. Well, I can say with some authority that going 95mph in a BMW is no more thrilling than 9.5kts in this heavy sailboat. I have done both. The SE trade winds appear to have filled in and they are blowing 15-20. They are not exactly stable out of the SE so our point of sail is generally from 85 to 115 degrees off the port side. At this moment the boat is moving at 8.5 through the water and about 9.2 over the bottom due to a favorable current. This is the fastest consistent speed we have maintained in some time. Tomorrow, if everything holds together, we will reach the halfway point of this leg of our adventure. That will be 1490nm. Tomorrow is the 16th and we left on the 6th, however in the early part of the passage we were fighting the current and did not have the trade winds, so the second 1490nm could be done in about 8 days. We shall see. And remember one goal is to beat Stien's parents passage time of 21 days some 20 years ago. Unbeknownst to me Charlene and Stien have planned a celebration for reaching that milestone. It seems a tradition of the Danish people to celebrate anything they can. Charlene is an enthusiastic supporter of that tradition. One bit of trivia. I was on watch early this morning waiting for the Sun to rise. It has been getting a bit later every day but at 0740 local when it finally peeked above the horizon behind me I got to thinking. It is nearly June 21st, generally the longest day of the year so what's up? It took awhile but it finally dawned on me that in the southern hemisphere June 21st is the shortest day of the year. Like December 21. More later........