At Sea - On route to Cocos Keeling

Hi All,

 

It is 2.45am (Cocos time) and I am on watch, but it is so beautiful out here that I thought I would write and try to explain it. 

 

It is warm, with a light breeze and small swell.  There is a beautiful canopy of stars.  We are sailing directly towards the full moon, so we have a silver highway that we are riding along.  As the moon is full, there is a soft glow and you can see all the way to the horizon all around.  There is also luminescence in the water so as we stir it up as we go along, there are these brief sparks of light in the water around us.

 

We are now 20nm from Cocos Keeling Islands so we should be there at first light.  I will write from there and tell you about it.

 

Lots of love

 Arti