3:38pm Saturday January 1st 2011

At sea, and loving it, the sea is as flat as a mill pond, the breeze is deliciously cooling under the blisteringly hot sun, thank goodness for the bimini, and I’m picking up an Internet signal.  We have only 5 – 8 knots of true wind, and 10 -12 apparent, not enough to sail, but at least we’re not bouncing around.

The only land within sight are the San Bernado Islands.  We have decided to keep going through the night and should arrive in the San Blas Islands in the morning.

There is another boat sailing with us, which always makes me feel safer, although I really couldn’t be more comfortable right now, if only all passages were like this. I wish Niki, Scoop and Edi were still here with us.