4,378NM done and I want to sea land

Yes, the spelling error is deliberate - if you had spent as much time as we have looking at blue wet stuff, you'd spell it like that too. The wind is a south easterly 35 knots, and we are heading west, and we are approximately 1 day and 3 hours off our last stop before Seychelles. A teeny-tiny island called Cocos, Keeling. With only about 600 people living on it.

Everyone seems a bit fed up of seeing the sea, sea and more sea. But the spirits are high in hope that Cocos lives up to the expectations of being a mini-paradise. We will be stopping there for 7-10 days.

We have caught a few more fish on the way, mainly wahoo fish. I have even learned how to gut and clean a fish! I'm a proper pirate now. Other than that, there is not a hell of a lot going on. We have had a few days of refreshing rain, well monsoon rain, and the temperature is slowly dropping down from being ridiculous. The water temperature was 40.9c at one point. If I ever get a good enough internet signal I shall post a photo to prove it!