Beside strange dreams and the creation of magic yogurt, we are also sailing. In the meantime waves and swell are down since a few days. The wind blows according to forecast (ECMWF and SPIRE) from mainly E but also from 120 deg (a bit more S than ESE) to 70 deg TWD. The AWA is around 90 deg STB.

Sails are unchanged except for some trimming since days. TWS ranges from 10 – 20 KN, thus no need to change sails. Trade wind sailing!

When sitting in the cockpit, the wind coming from PRT is just nice. It’s a bit too strong to have our meals on the cockpit table. Food gets cold too quickly. Beside this the cockpit is a comfortable place.

For writing my narrations I’m sitting mainly in the cockpit where my eyes and thoughts can fly over the huge “disc” called “Pacific Ocean”. Sometimes I wonder what old days’ sailor thought about the disc where the distance to the edges of the disc never changes.

After having eaten fish, fish, and fish, trolling started again yesterday. Unsuccessfully! Most likely we are, with around 5 KN, too fast. We will continue today towards the late afternoon.

Since yesterday we are using the new “wish lure”. It’s a magic lure! (There is a lot of magic on board these days.) The one who puts this lure into the water only must strongly think a the preferred fish to be caught and the preferred fish swims from up to 100 NM far areas and puts itself on the hook.

The “wish lure” is board made. An empty tube of high tech “Charbon’ toothpaste made by “Soft” is cut open at it’s end and then cut in about 4 mm stripes parallel to it’s side lines. They hide the delicious hook, hungry fish loves to eat. And then we love to eat the fish. (It’s always better to be on the high side of the food chain.) Keep fingers crossed to see that the magic “wish lure” works according to the design specs; it’s a prototype.

Today we will have the first pizza on board for dinner. Dough is made; just needs to rest. As toppings we have whole tomatoes with Mediterranean herbs, small canned sausages cut in slices, olives, and grated Emmentaler cheese as the bag is open already.

It has nothing to do with the pizza, but we will also make couscous today. Shigeo prepares already the garlic. We have bread freshly baked yesterday.