Something of note.- did you know that you weigh less at the equator due to the centrifical forces than you do further North/South but Mark would not let me bring our scale so we have no proof. Our night shifts were uneventful. Our seas stayed pretty constant of being 2-4 foot. We made some great speeds with highest wind of 18 knots. Mostly it was 13-15 knots. Our speed continued at 6-7 knots. We made a record 24 hours, sailing 161 nautical miles. A record for us. The South Pacific has been very good to us. We are sailing on our rhumb line again. Mark was bailing out the water from our dinghy when he discovered a dead flying fish. It is amazing where they end up or even how. Sleep was a challenge since the boat rocked on all the waves we hit. Going fast didn't help with that. Mark had a Chinese Fishing boat show up on our AIS, about 10 miles behind us. We never saw the boat despite attempts with the binoculars. Saw many birds again today. None came close to the boat. They were more of a dark brown color and very graceful flying over the waves searching for fish. Mark's sinuses were bothering him again today. Both of us are also suffering from swollen feet from the heat. We both took turns elevating them on the settee in the salon. Our temperature was up to 85 degrees. We have the front hatch cracked to get some breeze. The nights are cool, weather wise. Even sleeping, requires an extra blanket. At least for me. We took a break and watch Episode II of Star Wars - Attack of the Clones and enjoyed a bowl of popcorn. The sun was out the entire day. And of course when it set, there were mega clouds blocking it. A little color was seen in the clouds around it. The swells picked up thru the day. Some were pretty big and made their presence known by banging on the hulls. Our GPS - AIS system began working after we crossed over the 1 degrees South. It stopped working and didn't like the 0 degrees area. It did not consider 0 degrees to be valid. I say that's a defect! Lots of rocking and bouncing as we move quickly south. We have 713 nautical miles more on our sail to French Polynesia. Our Inreach was not synched so we missed messages when they arrived. Catching up and reading them now. Will respond on one of my night shifts. Thanks for your news. Again, I managed to find a couple of English radio stations, but there was so much interference I really could not make it out. One was a talk show interviewing two ladies who are traveling the world. However, they are flying to the different countries and not sailing. Mark worked on creating a letter to Ray Marine as he is not happy with the way the wind instrument is working - how it's configured. The email won't be sent until we get to F.P.. I did more reading. Played some computer games. Our world is rocking, sometimes that's a good thing. Looking forward to a good night on the water.