At midnight Monday, April 4, we passed Eiao, the northern-most of the Marquesas Islands. We should be anchored at Taiohae Bay, Nuku Hiva by noon. Ice Dancer is riding high in the water, after using 1,050 gallons of 1,430 on board. We have 27-knot trade winds, 30 degrees off our port bow. Most of the 12-day crossing has been with this wind angle, which would be troublesome for sailboats, but no problem for our Nordhavn. Perhaps that is why we have not seen another boat since leaving the island of Hawaii. We will send reports about what we find on these islands, visited earlier by the likes of Captain Cook, Herman Melville and Paul Gauguin. Dick and Gail Barnes Aboard Ice Dancer Nordhavn 50 #22