When you are on a boat that is sailing constantly (in our case now for 10 days) working in shifts covering all hours of the day the days get very blurry. Thinking about our trip so far, some days are pretty distinctive and we have tried to write about many of the distinctions in our posts.

Something we haven't written about but the crew came to realization yesterday is that we all had gained a similar impression of different 'climates' resembling what we have experienced on land as we have transited down the levels of latitude. For example, driving through the rainforests of the BC coast, through the rolling hills and forests of Washington and Oregon, then more of the dryness of California. It doesn't quite feel like we are quite in the tropics yet, but the warmth and trade winds are making it clear that we are certainly getting there.

One of today's distinguishing features is that, for several of the crew, it was laundry day. So, partially masking the odorous evidence that the crew all need to bathe, is the fresh scent of clean clothes hung to dry throughout the inside and outside of the boat. I suppose the citrus-scented laundry soap is contributing to the 'tropical' impression!