Just to let everyone know, Gentle Wind has cleared out of Kiritimati (Christmas Island) and is heading southeast in the morning, bound for Rangiroa in French Polynesia. It's a 1200nm leg up-hill against the southeast trade winds, so we expect to take about 7 days. We're leaving on Tuesday morining, but we will immediately change our calendar back to Monday as we get back in synch with the rest of the world. Everyone here in Kiritimati has been exceptionally kind. Our total costs on the island were auS$40 for checking in, and AUS$30 checking out. Oh, yeah, we bought some fuel today, too. 2400 liters (around 600-700 US gallons) at cost of AUS$1.04 per liter. With the semi-officlal exchange rate on the island of AUS$1.25 = US$1.00, that comes to US$0.83 per liter, or about US$3.15 per US gallon - not too bad, considering how remote this place is. We briefly met the crew of the research vessel Searcher as they came in to the dock for fuel right after us. We saw Searcher in Honolulu, too, but never got a chance to say "Hello". They're out tagging tuna! Anyway, enough for now. Next update will be from Rangiroa, next week,