Things are going very well.  It got a little ruff about 20:00 

The sunrise was the best of the whole trip, so far.  Pretty clear, with

We just passed a tanker call Delphi.  It is 256 metes long, 

Things are going very well. It got a little ruff about 20:00 hours last night as I went off watch. I was glad to get off watch, as it had been a hard watch. Lots of fishing boats and even more drift lines to try to miss. Several times I had to go between a boat and a mile long line, with in a half mile of each other. Most of the lines came in pairs, some time with a boat each, some time all alone. After dark it was just luck that we missed any lines. A few had small lights on one end, but most did not. All this and we are 50 miles off shore, in 3000 ft water. Nothing on any of our charts about a fishing area. So far I have not seen any in Nicaragua. On my morning watch, 04:00 to 08:00 I saw one small fishing boat, and one big ship. The ships all have AIS identification systems on them, so it is easy to see them on Bob's computer. The AIS receiver has worked very well. We get name, CPA, speed, destination, and size on all most all ships. A few leave the info blank, but they still show up on the computer. At night I leave the computer closed, until I see something on radar, and then look on the computer. The AIS information is much more accurate that the ARPA information from the radar. The sunrise was the best of the whole trip, so far. Pretty clear, with just a few clouds for extra effect. I have been listening to James Taylor, on my laptop this watch. Just seems to fit the sunrise and my mood. He says the secret of life is to enjoy the passage of time, and I am sure doing that this trip. Bob keeps saying that the weather will be this nice all the way to Seattle. If it is I do not think we will stop. I have told you this before, but the sea water temperature is 88 and the air is always in the 90s. Even at midnight, it is just great out side after dark. Last night Hal was out on the back deck, and the water behind the boat was all light up, with phosphorescence. I could have watched it all night. Every one in a while a small bit of something was even brighter that the rest. Shinning like stars in the water. I tried to get a photo, but my simple camera, did not want to work in the dark light, without the strobe. We just passed a tanker call Delphi. It is 256 metes long, going the other way, on the way to Panama. That is 840 ft, not the biggest, but it looks big as it passes 2 miles off. It was on the reverse of our course, we each turned to starboard about 10 degrees and passed port to port. Just like in the books. With the AIS I could see him about 15 miles away, and the computer said our CPA, closest point of approach was .25 miles. That would have been exciting. Just a small turn and we each had a mile. The AIS even shows his turn and by how many degrees. Really nice, except for the little local fishing boats that do not even have lights at night. Well here is my 09:15 position report. Miles made in 24 hours, 201. Current location, 10 51.168N by 88 45.210W That's all for know. Wayne Almquist Aboard Que Linda Nicaragua