South Pacific 23 April 2011, position at 4:40 a.m. Tahiti Time 35S58 140W17

Leave it to mom’s to keep an eye on grammar. Mine, pointed out that I could not command Frank to “Hove to” since that would be the past participle of “heave to.” Mom’s are always right BUT, heaving on a boat is generally frowned upon, especially heaving to windward! And given the power of suggestion, I would not want to tempt fate and tell Frank, “heave to!!” Especially since as he says, it’s not his language. Clear communication between spouses rules over grammar (and grandma), especially in this case where I would be the one doing the clean up…and possibly heaving to (leeward) myself.

Other than that all’s well onboard, 25-30 knots again now, but from the stern so no heaving or hoving to, just a very fast downwind run. 550 miles to go, 78 hours to go at our current speed, but what are the chances of that? Still we won’t be there for Easter.

xoxomo