Wind E 25 knots, Course N, Speed 3 to 4 knots, Position 38*09s by 154*08w

Out here on the edge of human existence at sea I feel detatched from humanity.  At the same time I feel connected in many ways.  Even if I couldn't communicate and wasn't being told how people connect with me I would know it because I feel certain ways we are together.  I feel myself very much as a spirit and in that way I connect with everyone's common consciousness and they are connected to distance, the movements of nature, the stars, the life cycles of humans.  In our quest to know ourselves, the universe and God, we become more like energy and love and light.  We cling less to materiality and realize our eternal existence.  This has a lot to do with what inspired the voyage for me.  I realized that it might be possible to loosen the bonds that pull me to earth and I could live for a longer period of time with out touching the land.  As I prepared myself over the years in every way it became apparent that if I succeeded even most of the way that I would have departed the touch of the terra firma longer than any human since we evolved here on Mother Earth.  Two Russians spent a year in space, but my hero Jon Sanders holds the first and second place records for not having touched the land while at sea
419 days 22hours and 10 minutes and 657 days 21 hours and 18 minutes.  He comes from a racing sailing background and has many more unbroken records.  If I can maintain the balance I  intend to depart the touch of the terra firma longer than any human has.  The implications of this place in human evolution gives me energy to continue through the trials and tribulations and the beauty.

Reid