37 feet of waterline nicely making way

The first sign of lightThe orka's were too fast to captureMyfriendmarvinMorning has broken

After a full day of getting the ship in shape,crossing our T's and doting our I's we pulled out of the marina at 9:00 p.m. Heading into the Juan De fuca straight we had light winds allowing us to set the main sail and unfurl the jib.It took about an hour to clear the spit and we set our course west with a beautiful red moonrise at our backs. We picked up a nice northwest wind and cruised at about 7 knots as the moon slowly rose over the next four hours guiding us with her beautiful shone light.Surrounded by dark mountains on each side of the straight we danced across the water effortlessly.Keeping a Kean lookout for freighters and giant cruise ships coming in from Alaska.As the night wore on the winds began to subside until they finally laid down to rest.We turned on the generators and for the remainder of the night motored our way toward our first port of call.Both of us we're tired and weary just before the dawn, but we're given a burst of energy as the first sign of light appeared out of the east.In the distance we spotted what appeared to be dolphins until suddenly they began racing all around the boat.Like lightning they crisscrossed under and along side the boat as if they were greeting us and showing their incredible speed.Killer whales,dozens of them zigzagging all around us. It was amazing.They looked to be about a thousand pounds each just babies curious to see what had entered their feeding grounds.At about 9:00a.m. we finally reached Seku, docked the boat and got some breakfast.We'll spend the day here, get some much needed rest and leave at high tide tomorrow afternoon.Marvin was great.I have total faith in his abilities to sail Le Paley bleue to our planned destination.Me? I'm along for the adventure,companionship, and education of a lifetime.