All is well today. Last night I saw the lights of 2 large boats and 3 more on the radar. They were 3 to 20 miles away and barely moving. Because I was sailing through an area of seamounts just below the surface, I surmise these were fishing boats. Furthermore, I could occasionally hear Russian radio transmissions on the VHF radio. I was tired so I decided, instead of working my way cautiously through the fleet, to "heave to" or park the boat, so to speak, and get some rest. When I woke 5 hours later the boats were gone and I continued on.

My noon-to-noon distance for the day was only 102 miles because of heaving to for 5 hours. The wind is picking up so my mileage should also. It is now blowing 15 knots from the NNE. The other "Puddle Jumpers" I have spoken to on the net today are doing fine but some are in search of wind. We will all get there eventually.