February 4th-6th

We had three great days of sailing with the trade winds going about 150 nm a 
day!!!  What a difference!!!  The seas are getting bigger about 6-9 feet high 
as the winds get stronger about 15-20 knots.  We all hope this continues for a 
while.  On Saturday the 5th, we caught a 15 pound Dorado.  Rudy cut it so we 
will have two meals.  One I cooked that night and the other I froze.  We 
celebrated with brownies!!!

I have gotten questions concerning how we spend our day on this cruise.  Below 
is a general idea.  You cruisers out there can skip this part!!

Typical Day
6 hours of watch **
6-8 hours of sleep or try to sleep in the bouncy rolly waves
1-2 hours of preparing food without dropping the meals on the floor
1-3 hours on the radio with the cruisers net where we get each others 
positions twice a day and to say hello and listen to Herb at night for the 
weather
1-2 hours changing sails and changing them again (Rudy is always helping 
everyone with their watch when we need to change sails)
1-2 hours writing emails to family and friends which is the highlight of our 
day!!!  Keep those emails coming...we really appreciate them!!! (remember to 
erase my message first....)

The rest of the day is used for reading, talking or playing Yahtzee!!

**On Watch we have to do just that...WATCH.  We watch for other boats, watch 
the wind direction and watch the sails. If we see another boat, we watch to 
make sure we are not their way.  If we are, we try to reach them by radio 
(VHF). If that doesn't work, we move out of the way...FAST!!! If the wind 
direction changes, we need to change the position of the sails.  If the sails 
need trimming we do that.  If we are lucky, there will be on other boats, and 
no wind change so we can read, listen to books or music or just look at the 
stars!!!