The wind piped up quite a bit last evening registering 25-30 knots on the wind speed indicator. This is quite more than is necessary, thank you very much. In fact, I'm flying only a handkerchief of a jib and still making 6 kts. The noon-to-noon distance was 130 miles for an average speed of 5.4 kts.

The sea is becoming fairly lumpy and Sand Dollar is getting bounced around. To get an idea, imagine flying in an airplane through bad turbulence with pitching, rolling and sudden changes in altitude. This is sort of what it is like onboard but there is no seat belt light. One must cook, eat, sleep, take care of business and run the boat while rock'n and roll'n 24/7. The only break is the brief calm after a sudden rain squall which I seem to be experiencing about once per hour today. At times like this I'm happy I have such a seaworthy boat as the Pacific Seacrafts are.

All else is well onboard. Tomorrow's weather will be better. There will be no gourmet meal tonight unless it comes in a can.