update from Orca III

Hello everybody!!!

we are making great headway! have been doing 7-8 knts for the last many days and we expect to be in Hilo by Tuesday! Yeah!!! we did 163 miles yesterday in the last 24 hrs and expect the same today! this is excellent. have seeen lots of flying fish! and last night on my and Mayas watch had one come into the cockpit - flippin and a flapp'n all over the place. I finally picked him up and threw him back. the other day we had a squid on our cabin top! we are healed over 15-20 degrees all day and night , it will be fun trying to walk on land again! Graeme and Emma have had fun drawing faces on her toes and then shapes and flowrs on her leg. Everything is salty and I can hardly wait to get the laundry done.we have a ton!! mostly sheets and pillow cases and many many towels.

well that's it for now, too hard to type on this angle.

ps couldn't send this yesterday - broken connection from ham to computer - Steve fixed it today - yesterday was our top miles travelled in 24 hours 168.7!!!!! that is a record for Orca III

we are still having a nice sail, today is even better the wind is from the east. less leaning and waves. all are doing excellent! hoping to see whales soon