Pacific Odyssey - Leg 5

we woke up to a cool morning, about 27degrees Celsius. Throughout the day we found that we were looking for a warm spot to sit in, out of the wind. The change from too hot, to pleasant, to cool has happened quickly. Every one is finding sleeping a lot easier. Scott had a water balloon fight with the 4 youngest Anderson kids: they were all soaked except Simon. Bec got wet by being in the wrong spot at the wrong time. Jose´s watch got fed up waiting for him at lunch and hid in the foc´sle head (bathroom) while he searched the ship for his watch: it was very funny. Chris is nursing some wounds on his ankle: some minor cuts turned nasty but are now finally starting to scab. He´s also trying to find a way to jury-rig his new thermarest chair whose support rods broke. We had a great Sunday service today with many people participating in a discussion on why god would want to come to earth and what type of a man we´d expect him to be. Skipper gave an update on our route and weather and Karen introduced the information package on Japan she pulled together. Kara and Ilia climbed the mast but the motion was quite severe and they didn´t feel that well. We are planning on starting an offshore club. This group will learn how skipper goes about planning an offshore route and will be given all the resources needed to plan a plausible route. Jordan has started a camera club: they´ll learn how to make the best use of their camera and how to make a good picture even better, what makes a good picture, how to ´look,´ etc. quite a few attended the first meeting yesterday. The sky is cloudy and the air is cool: we are all well and happy and getting closer to Okinawa. Good night, Bonice.