Lat S 21 31° / long W 137 17°

November 25 Day 7
Well, then, we have been on the road for six days, the winds have not been to
our advantage, we have been hard on the port tack almost constantly.
French Polynesia is large, we pass Gambier in about one day and then
there is Pitcairn Island (where the mutineers from the Bounty hid) further
east. Now we have crossed to the south of the sun's declination, which
means that we have the sun almost in the zenith at meridian passage, and
tomorrow, we will have to look north instead.
For the rest, a flying fish crash-landed in the cockpit, in the middle of the night.
It was the largest I have seen and landed with a bang, just as you sat
meditating in the dark. Anna Karin was awakened by the thud. It was the size of a
really fat mackerel which could have fed a whole family. Perhaps
we should have helmets in the cockpit in addition to the lifeline.