Day 9: 101nms, Day 10: 106nms, Day 11: 111nms, Day 12: Miles to go: We continue to do some good sailing every day. Some days the winds are lighter than others, and some nights the winds are stronger than the others. Ya just never know. But we are making some good miles and distance.

Day 9 was a goal making day. We passed under 2000 miles to go! Besides giving a WOOHOO, we also gave each other a High Five. Very exciting for us! We were also visited by a big pod of dolphins at sunset. They swam and played around Tanga for about 30 minutes. They are always very fun to watch.

On Day 10 we caught our first fish!! A 6lb Mahi Mahi and he was delicious! Within 20 minutes of the kill, we had him filleted, seasoned, seared and eaten. A tasty treat! Also, in the middle of the night, on Tom's watch, we had our first flying fish jump onto the boat. This flying fish soared far back into the bimini, smacking into the open companion way door and landing right beside the opening of the companion way. He was very close to landing inside the cabin area! Tom took a picture of him and then shucked him back into the ocean. Oh and flying fish are not something we desire to eat, just in case you were wondering.

Day 11 was just another beautiful sailing day on the pacific. Also, it was laundry day. Hand washing and line drying a few clothes. It was also another goal making day for us, we hit 1000nm sailed!

Day 12 greeted us with great winds and unfortunately, large steep swells. It just kept us on our toes all day long while sailing. Around sunset, a Boobie Bird flew right into our rigging and he crashed onto the boat, right beside the cockpit. I yelled down to Tom, "bird on boat, bird on boat." He came up and helped get the birds wing untangled from the life line, took a picture of him, then shooed him away. We were glad to see that his wing wasn't broken but we didn't want him to stay the night because of big bird poo.

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