Yesterday afternoon I tacked east and after a few hours the wind started to back around and I could head south again. We are close hauled on the port tack again with the wind from south of east. The motion became quite violent on board as Truce was jumping off waves and crashing into the following one. I have reduced sail to preserve body and boat. We should still make Christmas Island in two days if the wind does not go any more south.
The sunrise this morning was magnificent. Blue skies and high cloud. No more ITCZ. We spent four days in there and had two wonderful nights sailing, dining and watching movies in the cockpit. We also had two not so good nights.
This morning I did my bread making workout. Quite an effort when going to windward. Hopefully this batch will last a couple of days.
The Truce movie appreciation society watched the first ‘Men in Black’ movie last night. Jessica’s choice. I have seen it a couple of times previously, it was a family favourite with the children – but still entertaining to watch again.
Talk is now turning to Christmas Island and what we will do when we get there. Important items include go for a long walk (Jessica), fresh fruit, laundry and cold beer(me), snorkelling, fresh fish, fresh vegetables, sleep and hang out with the locals. Christmas Island is on GMT plus fourteen hours, we will need to adjust a day before we get there as we are currently on GMT minus ten. Voyage distance 1,026 miles.
The Adventures of Captain Ray Penson 
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