Pacific Odyssey - Leg 5

Clouds brought slightly cooler weather today. Lessons have begun with watch officers taking their watches on pin and line tours and Drew giving a knot and junior terminology class. Deck hose showers this morning for early risers. We saw lots of sea life today:  dolphins, large jumping tuna, flying fish, seabirds (one has landed on our deck) and a marlin. The marlin bit the hook and gave Jordan, Chase, Scott and Skipper a good workout before swimming 1 1Ž2 times around the ship and snapping the line on the bobstays. As he swam around the ship he gave us a great show, leaping and jumping out of the water. Chase asks his dad if he could please look into lures that would be good around the Guam area (we have lost 4 lures in the past 4 days)!
Service at 1400 hrs; Skipper told the history of SALTS and briefly explained the organizations´ and crews´ statement of faith i.e. why we´re here. Mug-Up tonight ended after an hour with rain/wind squall; we felt a sudden cold gust of air as it caught up to us. Nice night, moving fast under engine power (calm all day), motion has been very rock´n roll all day with the Grace scooping water through her scuppers and over the decks regularly on both sides. There is an excellent feeling amongst crew and trainees; most are over seasickness. Plan to cross equator in 2 hours. Good-night,
Bonice.