At noon on Tuesday, March 29 we were at 7-42N 149-33W steering 142M at about 7 kts. East winds continue at 22 kts on the port beam. Last night was breezier with 30 kts most of the time. Seas were up accordingly. We varied course to deal with the swells. My older brother has been in contact with info about weather ahead. We are watching weather maps that come to us over our high frequency radio. The goal is to avoid problems in the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone.It looks like our current track would put us in the ITCZ Wednesday evening. Nordhavn's Jim Leishman sent an e-mail message with a weather outlook for milder conditions. Our sturdy boat is doing fine, but calm seas are always welcome. We are sorry that our freezers are filled. This morning there were four flying fish on the back deck. Was a predator fish chasing them? Seems like we should be dragging a fishing line. Radio conditions were excellent this evening. Our contact with the Pacific Seafarer's Net was very clear. We could hear most of the other six reporting boats and all of the net controllers along the west coast. My dad would have been pleased. The Seafarer's net posts boat reports and a graphic of boat positions on its web site each night, at: www.bitwrangler.com/yotreps/ We had a bright red sunset, tonight. Dick and Gail Barnes Aboard Ice Dancer Nordhavn 50 #22