Today I had a record-breaking number of flying fishes, six in the cockpit and five on the deck! And I rescued two of them last night. The first one had not yet landed that the second one hit me, and this happened with the full moon shining. One would expect that they could check where they are going jumping out… Besides flying fishes and a passing ship from time to time, and the water which I never tire of looking at, there has not been anything special today… The wind is still blowing from astern. Tonight I experienced a number of small squalls but now most of the threatening cloud masses have drifed by in the distance. I can sit in the cockpit most of the time without being splashed over by a wave. Splendid! There are still 340 nautical miles [630 kilometres, 392 land miles] to go, and I am still going at a speed of 7 knots [13 kilometres or 8 miles per hour], so the distance to cover is quickly decreasing.

Laura