We opted for another early start after yet another rolly night where the only upside was that we managed to drift a further 12NM closer to destination. The swell is forecast to diminish over the next few days which will make hand steering a little bit easier; it's a tough gig that requires whoever is on the tiller supreme concentration and good ability to read the conditions in order to maintain our course heading. Paul has of course taken the lion's share in this and I've been working the support role - we really do function well together as a team. Each day we take a short stop of 20 minutes at around 1230. We use this time to check over the steering system, have a bite to eat and take a little time to chill. Around 15 minutes before we planned to stop today, a small pod of dolphins turned up to entertain us and when we stopped, they continued to swim around Elevation. Once we got going again, they put on a bit of an acrobatics show with great leaps and somersaults before disappearing into the big blue of the Pacific. M.Rouge is still with us, and strangely reluctant to allow housekeeping to hose down the front deck for him; irrespective, it still occurs! It's pretty cool to be able to watch him as he flies off to catch his daily feed of fish - even when difficult events occur, there is always something special happening on the water.

We've been informed by our Besties at home that there has been an outpouring of support for us on both FB and our blog which we are very appreciative of. Whilst I can post using our HF radio, we won't have the ability to read through and reply to any messages until we have internet connectivity again. We would like to thank all the wonderful people in our lives for sending us such amazing positive vibes; it is certainly helping to keep us strong and focused.

Today we covered a distance of 67 NM, stopping at sunset. If we can continue at this pace, we are on track for an ETA of late afternoon on 14 June. Not counting chickens yet though.

All well onboard