The moon slipped below the horizon just before midnight. We are left with an inky darkness....no defining line where the sky and sea meet. The stars are the only source of light from above. Below..... the flash of phosphorescence as sea creatures dodge our bows. We are floating in space... nothing solid....everything in motion.....undulating with the movement of the unseen swell. Judy's taking a well deserved sleep. The wind came in at 0600 this morning and we have been sailing all day.... Perfect conditions. Freebird is finding her stride. She is leading the pack of boats that we departed with. She did have one boo boo today. We were just starting to relax and enjoy the nice breezy day (mistake) when the top tore off the reacher sail. We had a fire drill to prevent the sail from flogging itself to death. The jib sail was set and we are sailing again (somewhat slower) We drug the reacher into the cockpit and are now hand sewing the top back on. ( about 3 hours work) We will be needing it in the next few days. Light reaching winds are in the forecast. No sign of life (human) out here today, No ships, or fishing boats. The AIS shows ten ships within a fifty mile radius but they are all over the horizon. Until we had this AIS we never new how many ships were out here. This is an exceptionally busy shipping route I guess .....oil. .....Which reminds me... We now have only enough fuel for about four days. Sure glad to see the wind come up..... 899 miles to go...... Photo: sewing sail..