POSITION REPORT ON SATURDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 2014 AT 0800

12:45S 165:57W

So far, we've done 530 miles with 350 miles to go to Samoa. We’re running downwind with 15 knots of wind and 6 foot seas.  It’s a beautiful day with white fluffy clouds. Here's what we did yesterday and overnight.

5 September 2014 Penrhyn to Apia, Samoa ( Day 4)

The sky gradually cleared during the morning and we had 50% cloud cover by lunch time.  There were still shower clouds around, but they'd all managed to slide past us.   Glenys had her morning nap and then cooked up "Panazanella" with the last of the bread, which was starting to go stale - very tasty...

The wind continued from the south-east at 15-20 knots, so we had a soporific broad reach all afternoon.  At some point during the afternoon, we passed the half-way point.

The highlight of the day was playing "I Spy".

I started with, "I spy with my little eye something beginning with S"

"Sea!"

"Nope."

"Sky!"

"Yes"

Glenys's turn, "I spy with my little eye something beginning with S"

"Sea!"

"Yes."

Having exhausted all that we could see, we turned back to our books.

The night was mostly pleasant with 10-15 knot winds and a bright moon.  We were going almost directly downwind, so we were rolling once every five seconds with the occasional monster roll just when we weren't hanging on properly.  Large cloud systems passed by or overhead, causing the wind to back or veer by 20 degrees, but we had little rain.