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Happy Valentine's Day everyone!! It's quite a nice day out today as long as I stay outside. Down below is pretty miserable but outside there is a nice breeze so it isn't as bad. I was getting really hot earlier today so I dumped a bucket of salt water over my head... it was much colder than I had expected!

I have been making good progress the past few days and I'm actually ahead of my updated schedule now. I haven't discovered any jumping spiders so far, so I'm still very much single handing, except for the occasional flying fish. But seeing as fish don't have hands, I may not be completely alone but am still single handing! I've been able to make about 170 - 180 miles a day so I should be down at the equator soon! I have to think of something to do once I get there!

There isn't a whole lot of wind right now, but Wild Eyes is moving along nicely. I slept outside last night. It was so nice compared to being down below and the cockpit floor was even more comfortable than my bed! I would have slept very well if I hadn't been so worried that a flying fish or squid would land on me. It was really very worrying because the squid and fish keep seeming to land around the same spot, which was entirely too close to where my head was!

Hope you're all having a good Valentines Day back home!