Another great thing about small ship sailing…..dinner was us, a couple from Austrailia and a couplle from San Francisco. Captian Steve is a young man from Scotland, Married for 24 years and has 2 boys, 13 and 8. He met his future wife while working on a container ship a few years before they married. He now works 3 months on and 3 months off as Captain of the Seabourn Pursuit, so he does get to spend half the year with his family in Scotland. When asked if his family ever sails with him he answered no because the Scotish government fines the parents if their children miss school. The area we are sailing into will be a first for him, so we will get to discover this part of the world together. We had a wonderful visit and just like that, it was 9:30, the time just flew by.

In bigger news, the ship has a broken stabelizer and will have to stop for repair. We will now spend 3 nights (instead of 1) in Papeete, Tahiti. Damn the luck, stuck in such a beautiful place. We were there a few years ago and Kim was there several years ago. Seabourn has added a couple of complementary tours for us and refunded everyone on board $1,000 for the inconvience. Tough life, but we are up to the challenge. Unlike all of our other stops. we will be at a dock the whole time, so we can come and go as we please.

Hey, we are on pacific standard time today. So, we have gained back the 4 hours we lost flying to Chile and will now start lagging behind our west coast friends. Slowly, hour by hour. It takes about 2 days sailing due west to gain an hour.

Well, it’s time to go to a lecture on Coral. Bye for now……….